#Putin Defies the West
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Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers an annual state of the nation address at the Kremlin in Moscow, on December 12, 2013.(Photo: AFP / Ria-Novosti - Mikhail Metzel). Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers an annual state of the nation address at the Kremlin in Moscow, on December 12, 2013.(Photo: AFP / Ria-Novosti - Mikhail Metzel).
Since he became president on the eve of the current millenium, former KGB officer Vladimir Putin has been stubbornly shaking up the one-sided international order dominated by Washington and its Western allies – and in most cases, succeeding at it.
Sami Kleib
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