1st part. Stone is of an anti-American government type.
My impression of Putin: Bureaucrat who was thrust into a position of power. Has
been forced to adopt solutions/cohorts that he may have wanted to avoid but
in the interest of saving Russia.
One interesting point is that he thought the Russions post world war II should not
have been as antagnostic and perhaps could have forged a better relationship with
West.
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