Putin is a leader made for the Russian Federation

The main Russian event of 2018 was President Vladimir Putin’s re-election for another six-year term. In view ... ... his administration still remain a powerful engine of Russia’s Western-style modernization. In that sense, we can only admire ... ... a continued buildup of forces stationed along the border with Ukraine in order to give Moscow more instruments for intervening ... ... effectively been pushed back to the mid-2020s or even beyond 2027. In Syria, Putin will keep trying to convert the military success of ...