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The Many Faces of Putin; Who is this man, isolated and increasingly paranoid? Few have a clear answer--in Russia or abroad. That could spell trouble.

Newsweek International

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Byline: Frank Brown and Michael Meyer (With Sam Seibert in New York and Andrew Nagorski, Richard Wolffe and Eve Conant in Washington)

After five years as Russia's leader, career KGB man Vladimir Putin has finally acquired the aura of an American politician. George Bush might notice the change this week when the two men sit down together in Slovakia's capital, Bratislava. They have a long list of urgent issues to discuss, from Iran's nuclear ambitions and the former Warsaw Pact nations' stampede into Europe to the future of Central Asia. There's one problem: the American politician Putin has come to resemble is Richard Nixon, prowling the White House corridors, ...

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