Russia and Eurasia: October 2001

The Russian Economy: Putin's Pause

By: James R. Millar

Description: "Putin appears to have more in common with Brezhnev than with his more decisive predecessors. Khrushchev, Gorbachev, and Yeltsin risked their positions in attempts to de-Stalinize the Soviet Union. . . . Putin's rule seems to be more pause than reform, which is, incidentally, what the public wants."

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