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July 10, 2009
Russia Profile Weekly Experts Panel: Is Obama Wading Into Russian Politics?
Introduced by Vladimir Frolov
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Just before he left for his visit to Moscow last week, U.S. President Barack Obama stirred controversy in the Russian press by describing Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as a man with one foot in the past. For many that seemed to be statement of America’s preference for dealing with President Medvedev. For others, it was an unforgivable intrusion into Russia’s internal politics. Was if plain-talking, or a political gaffe? Is Obama following in the footsteps of the George Bush Senior and Clinton administrations with their personalized bets on Gorbachev and Yeltsin as Russian leaders America was rooting for? Is he about to commit the cardinal sin of U.S. Russia policy by picking sides in Russia’s internal debate? How effective could such a policy be? Is it correct to read Russian internal politics as a struggle between Medvedev’s team of modernizers and Putin’s team of Cold War warriors?

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