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Moscow Times opinion: Mr. Nyet
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, still smarting over the collapse of the Soviet Union, has turned obstructionist on the international front.

Moscow Times opinion: Mr. Nyet

Mar 8, 2010 at 11:42
Michael Bohm writes: During the Cold War, the Soviet Union had parity with the United States as a superpower and was able to project its power all over the world. Now Moscow has trouble projecting its power even in the Commonwealth of Independent States. But one way it can still project its strength globally — and particularly vis-a-vis the United States — is to be the spoiler in international affairs, a modern-day version of “Mr. Nyet.” Read the story here.

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