On Sept. 28, Vladimir Putin came to New York for one day - he didn't even spend the night, as his press secretary pointed out. The city, and the United Nations General Assembly, was the site of a one-stop tour in Putin's effort, now centered around the crisis in Syria, to undermine U.S. dominance while raising Russia’s profile as a global player of undeniable relevance. Speaking at the U.N. for the first time since 2005, the Russian President opened his address with sharp words for "those that found themselves at the top of the pyramid" after the Cold War. The real adversary, the United States, went unnamed, as did the presence of Russian soldiers and military equipment in Syria. But both provided an obvious subtext to his remarks.
The New Yorker: Putin returns to the UN
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sept. 28, 2015 at the UN in New York.
