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Leonid Bershidsky

Putin Interviews Are Always Pointless

I can't recall a single one over 16 years in which he revealed anything accidentally or under pressure.
Inscrutable.

Inscrutable.

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Movie director Oliver Stone is being criticized for asking Russian President Vladimir Putin softball questions. NBC News' Megyn Kelly was slammed for asking adversarial questions that Putin nevertheless can easily dismiss. So how does one interview Putin to satisfy the demanding critics?

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