AP World: Current Events Reading for Russian History

Below are a selection of articles on recent current events dealing with Russia. We will discuss these issues next Tuesday and Wednesday.

• Interfax: Putin's Russia increases distance from western values
• PRI's The World: Russian Spy Report and NATO Summit Report
• BBC: Bio of Vladimir Putin
• Atlantic Monthly: More detailed analysis of Vladimir Putin, The Accidental Autocrat
• International Herald Tribune opinion piece: Putin vs. Cheney
• NPR: Putin Speaks to America--especially questions 6 & 7