The Post-Putin Era: Russian Revolution or Russian Evolution?

Putin's Russia: Life in a Failing Democracy

by Anna Politkovskaya

Owl Books; Reprint edition

9 January 2007, 288 pages, $16.00

[22 March 2007]

by Robert R. Thompson

The world’s two most dominant forces will usher in new regimes in 2008. Thompson offers insights into the next Russian presidential election and its diverse cast of players.
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