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he phrase ‘Putin is a butcher’ in ‘Whodunnit?’ (, ) is far from objective. Putin is just the product of the global power system in which the West had up to now had a primary role. He is a dictator for sure, but perhaps not even the worst. With the world ruled by the politics of power (directed mainly by profit interests) there will always arise new dictators and new wars.

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