Faced with Angela Merkel’s attack on Russia’s human-rights record during
her visit there last week, Vladimir Putin had all the usual options
available to any sane person dealing with criticism. He could ignore it,
rebut it, accept it, or deflect it, or create a cocktail of any of the
above.
European Voice: Is Putin going mad?
Struggles to follow the logic of the Russian president's defence of the imprisonment of Pussy Riot
