The Future of Dictatorship: A Discussion with Sergei Guriev
New Books in World Affairs
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Vladimir Putin's Order of Friendship to Stephen Siegel
Vladimir Putin has surrounded himself with celebrities. He tries to recruit enablers or friends or lobbyists in the West. First, it shows that he is not to be ashamed of. Second, they help him in projecting an image of a popular leader. And if corruption comes out, Putin comes back to his voters and says there is corruption in London and Berlin as well as in Russia.
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