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Eliot Engel: “Putin seems to be engaged in some kind of reestablishment of Russian hegemony in some kind of delusional czarist longing…”

On the recordJune 13, 2016
Putin seems to be engaged in some kind of reestablishment of Russian hegemony in some kind of delusional czarist longing for some glorious past that really never existed, and that is very dangerous.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

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Engel warns about Putin's ambitions for Russian dominance and its dangers.

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