Stalin Biographer Rips Putin

      Political historian, Stephen Kotkin, reveals some ugly truths about the current situation with Mr. Vladimir V. Putin's government in Russya.  Mr. Kotkin has been studying Russyan politics and Stalin in particular for almost 35 years.  He knows his subject matter well.  He is currently a faculty member at Princeton where he has taught diplomatic and political history for 3 decades.  His interview in the Wall St. Journal is very illuminating.WSJ.  see page A11.