PATRICK BULGER | Wieners and losers: Putin’s ex-cook lets slip the hot-dogs of war
Failed mutiny in Russia opens a pothole on the road to a ‘new world order’ and gives SA a chance to reassess whether we haven’t missed the bigger picture in our Pandor(ing) to the Russian despot
29 June 2023 - 22:15
Russian President Vladimir Putin cut an uncharacteristically helpless figure last Saturday as the waxen mask of invincibility slipped, even if just for a while, but maybe forever. Can Humpty Dumpty ever be the same again, and what of those like SA that deified him as the guardian of the portal to a brave new world? ..
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