Mirror image: Rodrigo Duterte and Vladimir Putin. Photo: AFP
Opinion
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Asian Angle
Duterte is the Putin of Asia. Maria Ressa is the proof
- Silencing the media, weaponising the law, building a macho personality cult: sound familiar?
- The Philippine leader has drawn heavily from the playbook of a man he once described as his ‘favourite hero’
Mirror image: Rodrigo Duterte and Vladimir Putin. Photo: AFP