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Author Archives: Anders Aslund

Russia President Vladimir Putin watches judo on the margins of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, on September 7, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Sergei Karpukhin
Posted inEuropean Union, Russia, World

Is Vladimir Putin losing his grip?

by Anders Aslund October 22, 2017February 18, 2020

In 1984, just before Mikhail Gorbachev’s ascent to power, there was a sense in Moscow that the Soviet Union was petrified, and nothing could change. Then everything did change, exposing the extent of the transformation that had occurred beneath the surface. Today, a similar mood pervades Moscow, with President Vladimir Putin’s regime appearing stable, even […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin hunts fish underwater in southern Siberia, August 2017. Photo: AFP / SPUTNIK / Alexey Nikolsky
Posted inEuropean Union, Russia, United Kingdom, World

Putin’s crony-capitalist Russia has its Achilles Heel

by Anders Aslund August 27, 2017February 18, 2020
Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev (left) and President Vladimir Putin. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Posted inRussia, World

Russia’s neo-feudal capitalism

by Anders Aslund April 29, 2017February 18, 2020

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