Word: gosudarstvennik
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...training and times--a middle-level KGB officer whose views had been formed during a period when the Soviet Union seemed, on the surface at least, a mighty power? Thanks to the Kursk submarine debacle, which cost 118 lives, the guessing game is over. Putin is a gosudarstvennik--a believer in a strong state...
Primakov is not overtly anti-U.S., but he is a gosudarstvennik, a proponent of a strong, centralized Russian state in foreign and domestic affairs. His opposition to American policies stems from this world view. And it wins him the support of the nationalists and communists in the Duma, who share his resentment of the world's lack of respect for their country. Washington understands his motivations. He is, says a senior White House official, "a hardheaded pursuer of what he believes are Russia's national interests...
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