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The Technocratic Legitimation of Putin
Putin has always had an oddly legalistic approach and also continue to have elections. He came to power after the chaos of the 1990s when the system was already beginning to write itself. The days in which Putin could actually present himself simply as the basis of the man who dragged Russia out of the 90s are long gone, he says.