Gilbert Doctorow — Does Russia Have a Future?

There is a misguided consensus among American experts in political science and economics that Russia has no future

Doctorow is always worth listening to. This is short and to the point.

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Does Russia Have a Future?
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Alexander Mercouris, US Government Documents Prove It Conclusively - Putin Was NOT 'Chosen' by the Oligarchs

Declassified US government documents finally bury myth of Berezovsky hand-picking Putin and show Putin was always his own man

Mercouris is also always worth reading, and this is an especially crucial post about Putin's Russia and the oligarchs role in it.

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