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January 8, 2013

Vladimir Putin, Czar of the French

Nina Khrushcheva, Project Syndicate

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Putin has finally proven that he is capable of exploits that no czar could accomplish. All that tough anti-Western rhetoric on behalf of the nation -- the bare-chested horsemanship, the kissing of tigers, and the flying with cranes -- has paid off: the aloof French have at long last recognized Russian superiority and are sending one of their greatest representatives to partake of it.

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TAGGED: Vladimir Putin, Russia, Gerard Depardieu, Europe, France

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