external In the Media May 2, 2022 Howard Stoffer, professor of national security and international affairs, talks about a meeting he once had with Nikolai Patrushev, the head of the Russian federal police's Security Council, who will temporarily fill in for Vladimir Putin while in surgery. 'It was one of the most amazing meetings I ever had.' https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/05/02/report-putin-faces-cancer-surgery-his-temporary-fill-in-wont-do-anything-rash/ howard-stoffer news-all news-in-the-media year-2022 month-may name-howard-stoffer