MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin shook hands with just three people in the audience after he took the oath of office on Monday. They were the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill; Putin’s longtime prime minister, Dmitry Medvedev; and former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder. It was a remarkable and revealing moment. At […]
Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2018/05/07/at-putins-inauguration-former-german-chancellor-schroder-got-a-front-row-spot-the-kremlin-was-sending-a-message/
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