Dont be surprised - With 2 million muslims in Moscow alone,Putin has aligned Russia towards caucausian Muslim countries like Uzbek,Kazak and turkemenistan defying US interests.Putin once said Islamists are the biggest menace and never minced words against Muslims is now is honorary observer of orgnaization of islamic con(OIC). Russia which sent just 20 people to Haj 10 years back is sending 25,000 every year. He has changed and changed for the better. Let the islamophobe of India learn something from this and learn to be pragmatic see the newyork times article on this nytimes.com/2007/12/17/world/europe/17hajj.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper&oref=slogin
