[palmer]

You are wrong. The Sunnis are part and parcel of Ukraine: http://www.worldbulletin.net/news/142902/jemilev-appointed-ukraines-head-of-crimean-tatar-affairs

Note: these are not the radical Sunnis that slice people's heads off.

[GeronL]

So why is Putin making pacts with Iran?

[BeadCounter]

Russia has some demographic concerns, it should not be exaggerated but it seems possible.

http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2013_10_28/US-expert-doubts-possibility-that-Russia-to-become-Muslim-country-with-mosque-on-Red-Sq-4287/

http://www.asiantribune.com/index.php?q=node/211

As may Italy: http://www.economist.com/node/14313695