Putin and the "crusade" against Gadaffi

I found it interesting that Putin was trying to present the current military action against the Libyan government as a "crusade", a war between Christendom and Islam, especially considering (and possibly because of) his own governments' military actions in Chechnya and Georgia.

Note: The Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, distanced his government from the wording of the statement within hours.
http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE72K0DF20110321