Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Sunday 4 October 2015


President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, in Paris on Friday for a summit meeting with Western leaders on Ukraine. That conflict has lately been overshadowed by the intervention in Syria.

NEWS ANALYSIS

In Putin's Syria Intervention, Fear of a Weak Government Hand

By STEVEN LEE MYERS

The specter of mass protest - of mob rule - seems to have haunted Vladimir V. Putin throughout his political life, and that fear lies at the heart of his belief in the primacy of state authority. It also informs Russia's forceful intervention in Syria.