Alexander J. Motyl: Putin vs. ISIS Which threatens the West more?
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the government at the Kremlin in Moscow on Dec. 9.
President Vladimir Putin’s Dec. 3rd address to the Federation Council, the upper house of Russia’s national legislature, was an exercise in chutzpah, trying to present Russia as a victim of barbarism and a defender of peace:
Russia has long since been on the front lines of the struggle against terrorism. It’s a struggle for freedom, truth, and justice. For the lives of people and the future of our civilization.
