Russia: Putin the "master of realpolitik" - Taking advantage of power vacuums

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After a weekend veto of France's UN resolution to stop the Russian-backed carpet bombing of Aleppo, President Putin's trip to Paris next week has been postponed. But in the run-up to France's presidential election, candidates from the far-right to the far-left speak fondly of the master of the Kremlin. Why does Russia’s president so divides politicians in Britain, Germany and even the US where Moscow's accused of hacking the email accounts and where the subject of Putin splits the ticket on the Republican side.

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