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Gideon Rachman

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.

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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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