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Russia’s War in Ukraine, One Year On

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Putin Is in the Kremlin for the Long Term

McKinnon: What goes on inside the Kremlin is pretty much a black box. So far it appears as I said in the beginning that he seems to have used this year to consolidate his power. There are no checks and balances, institutional checks and balances on either his power or actually the power of the armed forces. It's very hard to see who could challenge him at the moment.

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