Much thanks to Bishop Williamson for another excellent Eleison Comment! I would just mention, however, that Putin's speech was not given "one year ago," as stated in the EC, but was actually given on September 19, 2013, some 4 years ago and interestingly enough exactly 167 years to the day after our Blessed Mother is said to have been found weeping by two shepherd children. In a sense we might say that Putin was also weeping for the West in his speech. And just as Our Lady's message given at La Sallete has been tragically ignored by so many, so too for the riveting message given by Putin in his speech.