Vladimir Putin can generally be relied on for chest-thumping quotes and he did not disappoint this week when he compared the UN resolution that cleared the way for air strikes on Libya to “medieval calls for crusades”.
As ever, there was a strong element of theatre in the Russian prime minister’s sound bite and in President Dmitry Medvedev’s later rebuke of Mr Putin’s remarks as “unacceptable”.
Railing against Washington’s supposed love of military meddling abroad plays well with the ordinary Russians, Mr Putin’s main constituency. (Mr Medvedev targets a more sophisticated and international audience.)
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