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the making of a tsar: interview with an elected emperor

February 9th, 2008 · No Comments

A rare, fascinating and only slightly slanted look at Time Magazine‘s 2007 person of the year. How do Russians see Putin? For generations they have defined their leaders through political jokes. It’s partly a coping mechanism, partly a glimpse into the Russian soul. In the oft told anecdotes, Leonid Brezhnev was always the dolt, Gorbachev [...]

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