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Julia Ioffe on Putin's Road to War

The FRONTLINE Dispatch

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Putin's Legacy - A History of Russia

Putin turns 70 in october. He is clearly thinking about his legacy, and has been for some time. From the kremlin's point of view, or from putton's point of views, he has vanquished the opposition. I mean, there's nobody left. People are either dead, in jail or in exile. Civil society has been evicerated. There is barely any independent media left. The economy is doing pretty well. It has survived the sanctions of the last few years. He has squirrelled away these massive reserves, 600 something billion. He has slowly built up russia's position in the world, often by playing spoiler, and often by taking the us down

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