Why does the mainstream media assume that a Putin presidency would have a detrimental effect on both the Russian people and American diplomacy?
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If Vladamir Putin returns to Russia’s presidency, will it damage US foreign policy in the region? In a thoughtful discussion with Dan Rather on HDNet’s Dan Rather Reports, Russian scholar and Nation contributor Stephen Cohen discredits the mainstream media’s assumptions that a Putin presidency would have a detrimental effect on both the Russian people and American diplomacy. Read Professor Cohen’s past analyses of Russian foreign policy here. Go here to watch this full epsiode.
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