But Vladimir Putin is still a brilliant strategist, right? After all, this is how the Russian president is always described by people in the West who admire him. Putin, it is said, plays chess like a grandmaster: boldly foresighted, coolly calculating, always three or four moves ahead of his opponents in thought and action – unbeatable. In America and Europe, on the other hand, there are only amateur checkers players at work who move their checkers around.
NATO expansion: Thank you, Vladimir Putin – Opinion
