If President Vladimir Putin wants to convince the world that Russia is a more reliable energy supplier than the Middle East , playing and losing a game of chicken with Ukraine was not the way to go .
Vladimir Putin /people/person/nationality Russia
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Vladimir Putin
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Russia
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