Opinion: Putin gets his way as West scrambles
By DW
11 January 2022 |
12:21 pm
Russia's President Putin is set to bask in the global limelight as a series of high-profile conferences on security in Europe kicks off this week. What could be better for an autocratic ruler, says DW's Bernd Riegert.
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