How Putin might fall: A lesson from 1991
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Putin and Gorbachev: A Comparison
Gorbachev was weak because he was effectively under house arrest in Crimea. Putin was not under house arrest. He was following events as he afterwards revealed by listening to the BBC World Service. And yet, when that moment of an attempted coup comes along, they both look similarly weak.
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