Putin disavows crackdown on Jehovah’s Witnesses. Could this help revive the LDS Church’s efforts in Russia, too?

(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) A street worker cleans paving stones in Red Square with St. Basil's Cathedral, left, Lenin Mausoleum, center, and the Spasskaya Tower, right, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015.