Vladimir Putin is attending the G-20 summit with a bunch of warships in tow

Vladimir Putin is attending the G-20 summit with a bunch of warships in tow
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No matter how you feel about Vladimir Putin, he knows how to make an entrance.

The Russian strongman has sent four Russian warships off the northeastern coast of Australia, in advance of his scheduled attendance at a G-20 summit this weekend in Brisbane. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has responded by sending three Australian warships to monitor the Russian ones, which technically remain in international waters. Abbott also accused Putin of "trying to recreate the lost glories of tsarism or the old Soviet Union."

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Ryu Spaeth

Ryu Spaeth is deputy editor at TheWeek.com. Follow him on Twitter.