Vladimir Putin

Due West: Putin Signals Foreign Policy Shift

21:16 16/05/2012 Weekly column by Konstantin von Eggert

Ever since his inauguration on May 7, President Vladimir Putin has been engaged in frenzied activities designed to convince the world that he is in full control of Russian politics, economics and foreign policy.

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Police ordered anti-Putin activists on Tuesday to abandon the downtown Moscow camp they have been occupying for almost a week.2
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