There has been concern in the western world for some time, and rightly so, that Russia under the rule of Vladimir Putin wants to assert itself as a superpower resembling the defunct USSR. Putin has been working on this endeavor ever since he was brought to power by the late Boris Yeltsin, the founder of the new Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. As a former well-trained KGB agent, Putin has the temperament and skills to create an atmosphere of fear and nationalism to galvanize the Russians nostalgic for their past glory in the USSR. In August 1999, …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
