Paul Wood

Putin’s gamble

The war has turned out to be a longer, more expensive commitment than Russia bargained for

issue 03 March 2018
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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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