Turn on Russian television and the country that emerges from the screen is a new (or rather, restored) superpower challenging America's foolhardy attempt to dominate the world. Having pushed America back from Russia's own backyard in Ukraine, the country is now projecting its power beyond the territories of the former Soviet Union. Its bombs and missiles in Syria have transformed it from a regional power into a global one. Far from being ostracised for the war in Ukraine, Mr Putin has become the world's greatest power-broker.
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