The Rise and Fall of Vladimir Putin

He's gone through that evolution. It's got harder and harder to manage Russian society just through the media. He basically hands over control of the streets to the security services. And he doesn't hear the discordant voices in the past. These other groups could point him in different directions, point out consequences of harsher actions. But he's not listening to them anymore. So basically, he's listening to people with attitudes to match his own.

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