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Late   AM Snow Showers   Putin is winning on Snowden, Syria and
Sochi… but so what?  By Ian Bremmer  Vladimir Putin's having a
hell of a summer. Before writing the most talked-about New York
Times op-ed in months, he embarrassed his chief rival, the
United States, by harboring its most high-profile dissident,
Edward Snowden. He then came out ahead on negotiations over what
to do about Syria's chemical weapons attack that killed 1,400
people. The general consensus is that Putin and Russia are
winning.  But what, exactly, are they winning? Russia's prize
for conquering the summer isn't power — it's constriction. In
defending Assad, harboring Snowden, and preparing for the Sochi
Olympics, Putin is actually just inviting more complications.
This has been a summer of shallow wins for Putin as he puts his
ego and personal quest