29 September 2011

RUSSIA : The Many Sides of Vladimir Putin. Which One Will Rule?

                                        NYTIMES/ E. BARRY / ANALYSIS
                                          2 screen read...combined

     Vladimir Putin is now assured of running Russia as its president...perhaps until 2024.
     Russia watcher and recent Pulitzer prize winner Barry asks...which Putin will it be?
     Reformer...bully...or hawk?
     Perhaps all of them...or maybe a revised...Putin 2.0.