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Opinion: The New Tsar

Opinion: The New Tsar

I am reading about the last days of Boris Yeltsin’s presidency and the early days of Vladimir Putin’s in Steven Lee Myers’ book “The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin”. I am looking for signs. Yeltsin kept his decision to resign a secret, even from his...
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Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov makes a speech during a ceremony to mark his 35th birthday in the Chechen capital Grozny October 5, 2011. Kadyrov, installed as president in April 2007, is known for his colorful lifestyle. He keeps big cats in a personal zoo near his mansion, owns a gold-plated handgun and often performs traditional Chechen dances in public. REUTERS/Yelena Fitkulina (RUSSIA)


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A man films on January 20, 2015 a building in Beziers, where a Russian Chechen suspected of preparing a terrorist attack was living before his January 19 arrest. Five Russian Chechens were placed under custody in Beziers and Saint-Jean-de-Vedas, outside Montpellier. (AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT)