13 October 2003 Putin continues the charm offensive with Germany, his “second motherland,” but signals a change to a more offense-minded military doctrine.MOSCOW, Russia–President Vladimir Putin, a German-speaker, has long been seen as a Germanophile. Even if he were not, he would need to be now: on 9 October, Putin met his German counterpart, Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, for the sixth […]
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