In short, never underestimate this man [Vladimir Putin] or his cause. All over the world political regimes are adjusting, becoming either a little more authoritarian or a little more democratic. Right now, the momentum is clearly in the authoritarian direction. That’s in part because that side has a brilliant and reckless figure at its head. It’s also because when you pause to ask who is the global leader of the liberal democratic camp, you come up with no name at all.
—David Brooks, Vladimir Putin, the Most Influential Man in the World
(al New York Times, 02/04/2018)
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