1. State of Play, Moscow:
Mr. Putin, in power since 1999, now is taking the biggest risks of his career in an attempt to reclaim Russia’s lost glory and redeem the perceived slights of the past. His moves threaten to spark a ground war unlike any seen in Europe since the 1940s as he seeks to rewrite the continent’s security arrangements and undo, at leas…
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