Vladimir Putin soon must make a fundamental choice: whether to hold on to monolithic power or to adopt a reformist course that could leave him at the center of a battle without any guarantee of success.
About the Author
Lilia Shevtsovais the author of Interregnum: Russia Between Past and Future (2014) and Putin’s Russia (2010).
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The debate over Russia’s likely course of development under Putin has paid surprisingly little attention to his openly stated goal of reintegrating Russia with other former Soviet republics.
