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Yeltsin

Putin and the populist playbook: A lesson for democracies

Maverick News

Putin and the populist playbook: A lesson for democracies

By Leopoldo López

Is Vladimir Putin the very model of a modern authoritarian terrorist? Does it matter?

World

Is Vladimir Putin the very model of a modern authoritarian terrorist? Does it matter?

By J Brooks Spector