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    In Helsinki, Putin displays the political skills he has honed since his days as a KGB agent

    by Laura King and Sabra Ayres, Los Angeles Times Jul 16, 2018 3 minutes

    HELSINKI, Finland - At a rally before cheering supporters earlier this month in Montana, President Donald Trump declared nonchalantly of his then-upcoming summit with Russia's leader: "I have been preparing for this stuff my whole life."

    But on Monday, with a world audience looking on, the summit looked far more like a culminating moment in the political life of Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin.

    The 65-year-old Russian president was by turns commanding and confident as he stood side-by-side with Trump at a news conference, artfully mixing in occasional expressions of boredom

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