Putin \ 's rise continues to perplex even devoted Kremlin observers.

普京的崛起至今让克林姆林宫的观察家们感到迷惑。

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So Putin headed to Moscow. What transpired next seemed to Kremlin watchers as unlikely as Chauncey Gardiner\'s unwitting rise to power in the Jerzy Kosinski novel Being There.

于是他前往莫斯科，接下来发生的事情在克林姆林宫的观察家们看来，就像是一部小说。

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But whoever did it, Mr Putin has been vilified in the west 's media.

不管是谁做的，普京先生已经受到了西方媒体的诽谤。

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"Prime Minister Putin still has a lot of sway in Russia and I think it is important that even as we move forward with President Medvedev, that Putin understands that the old Cold War approaches to U.S.-Russian relations are outdated,"

VOA: standard.2009.07.06

He indicated he would like to see Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Russia's former president - do the same.

VOA: standard.2009.07.06

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has recognized Stalin's crimes, but recently said the Soviet dictator's controversial record must be put in perspective.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

On March 24th, British police arrested Boris Berezovsky, an exiled Russian media tycoon and bitter enemy of Mr Putin's, who has accused the Russian security service of causing the explosions, with Mr Putin's knowledge.

ECONOMIST: Putin��s proposition

Mr Putin's critics, though, believe the Russian president secretly enjoys the public displays of affection - and they warn that, with open opposition to the Kremlin becoming increasingly rare, all the praise and presents may soon go to Mr Putin's head.

BBC: Putin hits 50

In particular, Obama's reset with Putin's Russia has failed to diminish the Kremlin's continuing commitment to the modernization of its arsenal of strategic and tactical nuclear weapons.

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