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Vladimir Putin

Putin’s Triumph

The recent impressive victory of Vladimir Putin for the presidency of the Russian Federation was expected and it is generally believed that even in a Western type of competitive democratic politics he would have won by a comfortable majority.

Man who gave the Soviets a chance

Russians took to the streets en masse to resist the atte-m-p-ted coup. And, cruc-ially, soldiers refused orders to shoot fellow citizens.

Crimean echo

The apparent use of covert forces behind enemy lines underscored what they call the “inventiveness” of Ukraine’s forces.

Flare-up in Crimea

Such strained assertions were contradicted by videos from the scene and by a tally of the damage by officials in Crimea, a strategic peninsula in Ukraine.