It has become an accepted line of thought that Russian President Vladimir Putin is playing chess on the international stage while the majority of Western leaders play checkers. His high-profile appearances among other world leaders at the G20 summit in Buenos Aires and the centenary of the end of World War I in Paris were noted by some as more evidence Putin had brought Russia back to superpower status.
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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L), Russias Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov (2-L) Russia's President Vladimir Putin (C) Russia's Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov (C-R) and China's President Xi Jinping (R), hold a meeting in the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Buenos Aires, on Nov. 30, 2018.
