Per notbob:
What really chaps my hide is the fact little is sed about Russia/Putin.

There was this article:
http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-d...n-a-love-story

But the cover illustration some weeks back says it more succinctly:
http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cul...ory-2016-10-31
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Pete Cresswell