<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[In Moscow's Shadows]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://inmoscowsshadows.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Mark Galeotti]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://inmoscowsshadows.wordpress.com/author/markgaleotti/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Putin: tactician, strategist or player of political&nbsp;Tetris?]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://inmoscowsshadows.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/screen-shot-2012-11-07-at-1-52-39-pm.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1182" title="Screen Shot 2012-11-07 at 1.52.39 PM" alt="" src="https://inmoscowsshadows.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/screen-shot-2012-11-07-at-1-52-39-pm.png?w=600&#038;h=429" height="429" width="600" /></a>Just a quick note: I have a largely-but-not-wholly serious piece on VVP and his travails in the NYU Jordan Center <em>All The Russias</em> blog, <a href="http://jordanrussiacenter.org/news/putin-the-man-who-arranges-the-blocks/">Putin: the man who arranges the blocks</a>. Is this man a tactician rather than a strategist, and does he have some sense that his once-impregnable fortress might be beginning to crumble&#8230;?</p>
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