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Gregory Feifer is executive director of the Institute of Current World Affairs in Washington and author of Russians: The People Behind the Power. He is currently writing a biography of the Russian politician Boris Nemtsov.
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Putin’s Pastiches
Russia likes turning foreign conflicts into a test of loyalty to the Motherland.