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In Moscow's Shadows 99: All Hail the Tsar? Why Putinism has suffered from becoming monarchical

In Moscow's Shadows

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The Tsars and the Russian Revolution

The reason why Tsars were able to keep their thrones was precisely because they still managed to maintain a sense of connectivity. Now Putin doesn't necessarily have that especially because we've got to note the extent to which Russia is indeed a multi-confessional state. Sure Russian orthodoxy may be the single core religion but you know it is also a very Muslim nation. So there's a limit to how far even if you wanted to he could use that.

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