In his famous radio speech from October 1939, Winston Churchill, then UK First Lord of the Admiralty, observed: "I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma: but perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest." This oft-quoted remark reflected the political situation of that time, and present-day Russia is certainly a different country than Soviet Russia back then. More than 70 years later, it may no longer be such an enigma.
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