Russia and Eurasia: October 2004

What Does Putin Want?

By: Peter Lavelle

Description: "It is not hard to see Putin as an authoritarian. In most ways he is, based on Western standards. But, given Russia's current development trajectory, he probably has to be. . . . Either the Kremlin continues its very hard-handed approach to restructuring the economy or Russia risks becoming in effect a Burkina Faso with nuclear weapons."

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