'What Putin Really Wants': The Atlantic's January/February Issue Cover Story
December 11, 2017
December 11, 2017
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- The Atlantic issued the following news release:
Vladimir Putin is no chess master. He's a gambler who has taken larger risks in recent years. And while the subversion of the 2016 U.S. election was a spectacular geopolitical heist pulled off on a shoestring budget, Americans have a key misunderstanding of Russia and the man that pulls the strings. The Atlantic staff writer Julia Ioffe spent months reporting on her native Russia to determine "What Puti . . .
Vladimir Putin is no chess master. He's a gambler who has taken larger risks in recent years. And while the subversion of the 2016 U.S. election was a spectacular geopolitical heist pulled off on a shoestring budget, Americans have a key misunderstanding of Russia and the man that pulls the strings. The Atlantic staff writer Julia Ioffe spent months reporting on her native Russia to determine "What Puti . . .