New Russia

After years of rapprochement, the relationship between Russia and the West is more strained now than it has been in the past 25 years. Putin's motives, his reasons for seeking confrontation with the West, remain for many a mystery. Not for Mikhail Gorbachev.

Dupa ani de apropiere, relatia dintre Rusia si Occident este mai tensionata acum decat a fost in ultimii 25 de ani. Motivele lui Putin, motivele sale pentru a cauta confruntarea cu Occidentul, raman pentru multi un mister.