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Rus­sian pres­id­ent Vladi­mir Putin will be happy that the year 2012 is com­ing to an end very soon. It has not been the easi­est or most suc­cess­ful year in his career, nor has it been a par­tic­u­larly good one for the Rus­sian state in general. Whilst the former KGB-officer secured a third non-consecutive term as pres­id­ent in March 2012, Rus­si­ans ...