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...Zhirinovsky. But although Russia's campaign in Chechnya has propelled Putin from obscurity to presidential front-runner, setbacks on the military front could hurt his approval ratings. "Chechnya has been Putin's only political calling card, and so far it's worked for him," says TIME Moscow correspondent Andrew Meier. "But his backers are well aware that any setbacks there could sink him just as quickly as it carried him to the very...
...Even close friends who?ve worked with him for years say they don?t know him very well at all," says TIME Moscow correspondent Andrew Meier. "He rose quickly in the KGB in the '80s, but by doing what he was told rather than by distinguishing himself. He?s awkward in public and extremely reluctant to talk to the media. And he studiously maintained a low profile until last August, when he seemed to appear from nowhere to be named Yeltsin?s heir...
...some of the key reformers in the post-communist period raise more questions than they answer. "Although some now say Putin was involved in economic espionage in Western Europe, others say he was a low level political commissar type keeping an eye on the loyalty of Soviet staff," says Meier. "Then there?s a big question mark over his mission in St. Petersburg - whether he, as he claims, had turned into a liberal democrat determined to push the reform program, or had been sent there to keep an eye on the reformers." In the murky world of post-communist Russia...
...have been brought forward to March by Boris Yeltsin's resignation. "Putin's people know that as much as the Chechnya campaign has sent his popularity rocketing among Russian voters, it could fall just as quickly if the war appears to be going badly," says TIME Moscow correspondent Andrew Meier. "After all, Chechnya has been Putin's only political calling card. If enthusiasm for the war wanes, Russians may be left asking just who this...
...With reporting by Jay Branegan, Massimo Calabresi, James Carney and Mark Thompson/Washington and Andrew Meier and Yuri Zarakhovich/Moscow