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Dubya concludes his European tour with a summit meeting with Vladimir Putin in Bratislava. Bush tries to persuade the reluctant ex-KGB man that breathing the crisp clean air on the moral high ground of democracy is the way forward for the Russian Federation, rather than a retreat into old soviet style authoritarianism. Whether it's Iraq, Afghanistan or Chechnya, the casual observer might conclude that the body count is pretty unacceptable under either system. What price democracy?

The Guardian; Friday 25/2/05

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