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Thomas Graham, managing director at Kissinger Associates, Inc., was the senior director for Russia on the US National Security Council staff 2004-2007.
To understand Russian and U.S. strategies, you have to read between the lines.
Western leaders think of Putin as an aberration. They are wrong.
Russiagate is causing more stress than glee for Putin, who always thought Hillary would win.
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