Putin 2016 calendar: 'Dogs and I have very warm feelings for one another'

  • 9 years ago
One piece in The Independent talks up the positives of the year just ending: a landmark Iran nuclear deal, an end to the one-child policy in China, Suu Kyi's election victory, etc. The New York Times is also looking at "moments of grace in a grim year" which, it argues, include the COP21 climate change deal and Berlin's response to the wave of migrants heading its way. We look, too, at criticism of Vladimir Putin's human rights record and at his 2016 calendar, in which he cuddles a puppy.

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