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Putin waiting for Washington to collapse if Trump wins
The Russian leader sees an opportunity to re-establish a sphere of influence in Europe if Donald Trump is re-elected as US president.
Gideon RachmanColumnistUpdated
Vladimir Putin was in East Germany, working for the KGB, when the Berlin Wall fell.
In his memoir First Person, published in 2000, Putin recalls asking a nearby Red Army unit to protect the KGB headquarters in Dresden.
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Gideon Rachman is chief foreign affairs columnist for the Financial Times. His particular interests include American foreign policy, the European Union and globalisation.
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