U.S. President Barack Obama chats with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin at the Group of 20 (G20) leaders summit in Antalya, Turkey. Jonathan Ernst / ReutersHe wasn’t ostracized. He wasn’t isolated. And certainly nobody threatened to shirtfront him. In the space of a year, Vladimir Putin has gone from being the pariah of Brisbane to being the star of Antalya. The contrast between last year’s G20 summit in Australia and this year’s in Turkey couldn’t have been sharper. Then, Putin was browbeaten by Western leaders for annexing Crimea and supporting separatists in Donbas. Now, everybody wants to talk to him about …read more
Source: The Atlantic
