ST. PETERSBURG, Russia – When the heads of the world’s major news agencies sat down a year ago with Vladimir Putin at a St. Petersburg palace, they were treated to a long, sumptuous meal of Crimean flounder, a dish evidently chosen not only for its delicacy but for the political statement.
This year it was tea and caviar at the stroke of midnight in a wood-panelled library.
The Russian president had just completed a whirlwind of back-to-back meetings on the sidelines of his showcase economic forum, an event where he also delivered a marathon question-and-answer performance under the folksy moderation of CBS …read more
Source: Macleans
