Vladimir Putin wanted to use Games and G8 to establish Russia on world stage, but starring role became for far grimmer reasonOn New Year’s Eve it will be 15 years since Vladimir Putin first took over the reins of Russia from an ailing Boris Yeltsin as the millennium struck, and 2014 ranks as perhaps the most challenging and dramatic year yet for the president.The year was meant to be about establishing Russia’s credentials on the international stage, hosting the Winter Olympics and the G8 summit in Sochi. But it ended with Russia kicked out of the G8, sanctioned by the …read more
Source: The Guardian
