Russia: Putin · Global Voices
Veronica Khokhlova

On the eve of the G8 Summit in St. Petersburg, Edward Lucas, the Central and East European correspondent of The Economist, writes a lengthy critique of Vladimir Putin and the country he is turning Russia into: “Putin is trying to recreate an empire reminiscent of the Soviet Union – feared by its own people, its neighbours and the West in equal measure. And the tragedy is that we in the West are letting it happen.”