http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/bridget_kendall en http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2007/06/russia-west-blame-putin http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2007/06/russia-west-blame-putin Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:00:00 GMT Bridget Kendall From threats over weapons systems to blame for the Litvinenko murder, President Putin is adopting a hostility towards the US and Europe not seen since the end of the Cold War. But, as Bridget Kendall reports from Russia, the west shares much of the blame through the arrogance it showed in the 1990s

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