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Masha Gessen - Examining Russia's Autocracy in "The Future Is History"

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

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Putin Shouldn't Be a Monarch?

Vladimir Putin should not be right? We might have a liberal democracy. That didn't work so long. Le's, le's. Let's get straight into that idea. Do you think in many ways puten has managed to cement his power as, in effect, monarch of russia? Absolutely. I mean, no, he thinks he is the best person for the jobhe genuinely does. He very much wants to be treated as an equal partner by the united statesah but he will always want more.

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