David Rohde, an investigative reporter for Reuters and a contributing editor for The Atlantic, discusses his article “How America Lost Vladimir Putin;” rifts in the US-Russia relationship since Putin’s offer of assistance after 9/11; Putin’s fear that his government was targeted for the next pro-democracy NGO-backed color-coded revolution; and why it’s hard to differentiate between the “will of the people” and foreign agitators in Ukraine’s civil strife.
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