Two years ago President Putin was close to pariah
status in the international community — or, at least, the West. According to a
new book by the journalist Mikhail Zygar, All
the Kremlin’s Men, reality bit for the Russian leader at the G20 summit in
Brisbane in November 2014. Spurned by world leaders because of Russia’s
annexation of Crimea that year, he lunched almost alone on one occasion, with
only President Rousseff of Brazil joining him.
Fast-forward and Mr
Putin appears to be calling the shots again. On Monday he teased a one-on-one
meeting out of a surly President Obama…
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