NEW YORK, Feb 28 (IPS) – “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting” – Sun TzuRussian President and former intelligence officer Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin has been at the helm of power since 1999, promoting jingoistic nationalism to keep his hold on power and creating a democratic deficit on the home front.

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