Nina Khrushcheva: Putin is a brilliant tactician, but a losing strategist

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the Lithuania Tribune, DELFI

2016 m. april 13 d. 12:58

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Each Russian leader picks a subject he is an expert in and Vladimir Putin's subject is history. "That is why in order to understand Russia, we must understand Russian history," says Professor Nina Khrushcheva of the New School University in New York.

The following interview is based on a discussion moderated by Finnish journalist Kaius Niemi at the International Press Institute's World Congress in Doha, Qatar, on March 21.

"Russia is a regional power that can influence most of the world and if it wants to, as Russia often does, it can do a lot of damage to the world," says Khrushcheva,