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International Putin’s westpolitik: back to the USSR John Besemeres 17 December 2014 The Russian president wants to restore the old empire. John Besemeres looks at the former Soviet republics he is pressuring to see the world his way International Towards a Greater Putistan? John Besemeres 17 September 2012 Russia, Ukraine and Belarus are increasingly heading in the same direction – away from Europe. In the first of a two-part series, John Besemeres looks at recent… International Setbacks at home, successes abroad: the mixed fortunes of Vladimir Putin John Besemeres 22 December 2011 A resentful Putin means further strains in East–West relations and a renewed effort to lock in Russia’s western neighbours, writes John Besemeres International Russia and its western neighbours: a watershed moment John Besemeres 21 April 2011 Jostling between Vladimir Putin and Dimitry Medvedev and trouble with neighbours could play out in very significant ways for Russia and its region, writes John Besemeres