Paul Wood

Putin’s big bluff

Marching on Kiev might topple Russia’s government, not Ukraine’s

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Paul Wood was a BBC foreign correspondent for 25 years, in Belgrade, Athens, Cairo, Jerusalem, Kabul and Washington DC. He has won numerous awards, including two US Emmys for his coverage of the Syrian civil war

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