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When Putin began talking about Russia’s sovereignty, Russia’s independent course in world affairs, they’re (the Washington elites) aghast... This is not what they expected... Putin was kind of the right person for the right time, both for Russia and for Russian world affairs.

— Stephen F. Cohen War With Russia? From Putin & Ukraine to Trump & Russiagate (2019)

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