Vladimir Putin: The Judo Master of the Kremlin

The accusations from the US that Russia is continuing to ship offensive weapons to the Syrian government while it battles against rebels is bound to focus more attention on Russia and its controversial president, Vladimir Putin. To his opponents, he is an authoritarian who brooks no dissent, willing to use force and manipulation of the media to crush his political opponents, and who undermines democracy and tolerates corruption in high places if it keeps him in power. To his supporters, he i...

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