Tag: Vladimir Putin
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Hey, Putin, we’ve got nukes and troops too
Former Russian diplomat Boris Bondarev has delivered an extraordinarily harsh assessment of Europe’s response to Vladimir Putin. His language is deliberately provocative, and some of his prescriptions are dangerously escalatory. But the central question he raises deserves serious attention: what happens when deterrence exists on paper but your opponent does not believe you are willing…
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Development of the Xi Jinping–Putin relationship: From admiration to contempt
When Xi Jinping came to power in China, Vladimir Putin looked like a remarkably useful political partner. He had already spent more than a decade consolidating power, marginalizing domestic opposition, weakening independent media and presenting himself as the leader who had restored Russia after the instability of the 1990s. Xi was beginning a similar concentration…
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I am against the death penalty. What about war criminals?
I am absolutely against the death penalty (for the record, it is scientifically proven it has either no effect at all or very little). Even if you have tortured and killed 100 children. Yes, you should get a life sentence, but we are not going to torture you. But what about war criminals? Famous American…
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Will Putin surpass the US presidents in death toll?
We have the free, democratic, pure, clean, freedom of speech US with presidents who wouldn’t hurt a fly. No death toll. Then we have a dictator-like evil Vladimir Putin who is a war criminal par excellence. While Putin is really what he is, I want to make the case that the US is worse in…