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Putin’s elite
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Russian analyst: Two simple reflexes explain Putin’s decisions
As the gap between what Vladimir Putin says and does and what Russians see around them widens, ever…
‘There are no liberals in Putin’s Kremlin,’ Barbashin and Inozemtsev say
One of the most beloved and effective arguments of those who favor a softer approach to Moscow regardless…
‘To kill is good. To have doubts – bad’ – the Operational Code of Putin’s officials
One of the most important and influential books about the Soviet leadership was Nathan Leites’ The Operational Code…
Putin elite’s anti-Americanism older and more deeply held than that of other Russians (study)
Members of the Russian elite became anti-American sooner and are more committed to anti-Americanism now than is the…
Putin now experiencing ‘impotence of omnipotence,’ Shevtsova says
Many of the apparent contradictions in Russia today, Lilia Shevtsova says, can be explained by the fact that…
SWIFT disconnect: Why does it absolutely terrify the corrupt Russian elite?
One bank official from Cyprus* explained to me why top Russian officials, such as Medvedev, Kostin, etc., responded…
