“Putin has no competitors – he is at a completely different level. The West made a very serious mistake by helping to unify a large part of the Russian elite and the Russian population around Putin with its sanctions and its vilification of Russia.” Another senior Russian source said Putin...
'Very few prepared to stand up to Putin' But Mr Steele said, even if he was ill, it may still be difficult for anyone else to have any impact on Mr Putin's approach, even though he agreed with the kind of sanctions now being employed, likethose on his ...
Putin murdered Alexei Navalny, and nothing he can say or do now will make us afraid of him. Putin is a coward and he rules Russia like a chess master, treating the Russian people and the whole world like pawns on a chess board, weak and expendable. Putin is a chess master, but Naval...
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Vladimir Putin - Russian Politics, Diplomacy, Economy: Putin’s first year back in office as president was characterized by a largely successful effort to stifle the protest movement. Opposition leaders were jailed, and nongovernmental organizations that