[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: Time's Despot of the Year

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
Time's Despot of the Year
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1198133733.shtml


   That's time as in Time Magazine, which has declared Vladimir Putin its
   "[1]Person of the Year". Why? Because "[a]t significant cost to the
   principles and ideas that free nations prize, he has performed an
   extraordinary feat of leadership in imposing stability on a nation
   that has rarely known it and brought Russia back to the table of world
   power." The headline seems to be reported in media outlets as if
   they're praising Putin, but in the intro to the article is far more
   critical, if not as critical as Kasparov might like. File this one
   under possibly interesting reading.

References

   1. http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/personoftheyear/0,28757,1690753,00.html