Decoding Putin
Re "The World According to Putin" [Sept. 16]: "He's not quite Stalin yet, but he's getting there." Here in Bulgaria we are feeling that he's getting there more and more every month, and it is quite upsetting. I would like to explain that the "Slavic world" does not exist, because there is no one "Slavic nation" it is a complete Russian propaganda cliché.
Todor Todorov,
Sofia, Bulgaria
The rise of ultra-nationalism in Russian politics bears a striking resemblance to the chauvinistic sentiment being expressed by politicians...