Vladimir Putin never left any doubts regarding his intentions. How the Kremlin ruler sees the world. A classification.
Analyse
Martin Stricker
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Wladimir Putin.
In autumn 2001, Vladimir Putin took the lectern in the German Bundestag. The then 49-year-old had been President of the Kremlin for almost two years. “Russia is a friendly country,” he said in Berlin. The “stable peace” on the continent is his main goal. The deputies applauded. One was only too happy to hear the message. And yet it showed what would become an obsession for former secret agent Putin. He complained that there was not enough room for Russia in the “mechanism of cooperation.” Decisions …
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