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The View from the New Yorker - with David Remnick

Unholy: Two Jews on the News

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What Does Puten Want?

David Frum: Vladimir puten is posing himself as a social conservative against the west that's gone way too far toward decadence. He has managed to establish an image for himself all over the world as the ultimate competent leader, even though russia,. in fact, is quite poor. And what you're seeing now on the ukranian border, whether he invades or not, is an attempt to reassert russian power and greatness. The one thing that vlatimir puten never cared a damn about is communist ideology. To him, is boloni.

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