Ben Judah has a wonderful piece over on the ECFR blog about a new Russian comic strip celebrating “Super Putin”:
Liberal bloggers have certainly been stirred – Some have even suggested it may even have been commissioned by the Kremlin as a PR stunt. In particular, they don’t like the portrayal of Medvedev as a “gnome raised by bears” (his superpowers involve being able to change into a bear) and a mere side-kick to Super Putin, and the treatment of civil society activists.
Read the full post here.
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Richard Gowan coordinates the International Security Institutions program at the Center on International Cooperation, New York University. He is also the UN Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations and an associate of the Foreign Policy Center (London).
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