Analyzing the causes of the Russian-Ukrainian war, Pope Francis believes that the head of the Kremlin was provoked in a certain way. In a recent interview, the pontiff condemned the "

“We need to move away from the usual Red Riding Hood pattern, when Little Red Riding Hood was good and the wolf was bad,” Pope Francis was quoted as saying.. “Something global appears, and all the elements are very intertwined”.

Probably, with these words, the pontiff hinted at a certain share of NATO's responsibility, in his opinion, for Russia's military invasion of Ukraine..

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In an interview, Pope Francis mentioned a conversation with a head of state, whose name he did not name, on the eve of the war.. This " When asked by the Pope what worries him, he replied: “They bark at the gates of Russia. They do not understand that the Russians are imperialists and cannot allow any foreign power to approach them.”.

After that, the pontiff urged not to consider him “pro-Putin”, he does not relieve the Russian leadership of responsibility for “violating the principle of self-determination of peoples”. Pope Francis also believes that Russia has seriously miscalculated in this war.

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“It is also true that the Russians thought that everything would be over in a week. They faced brave people, people fighting for survival and with a history of struggle,” the pontiff said..

However, he still does not leave hope to meet with the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Kirill.