6.1. What was the significance of the Medvedev interregnum? I think the greatest significance of the Medvedev interregnum was that the period signaled to the world and the country itself that Russia would at least continue to give the outward appearance of democracy, even while ultimate political power continued to be wielded by Putin. For …
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Yeltsin and Putin
Last discussion post for Modern Russia. On deck is Modern Europe, beginning June 11. ===== In assessing the two major leaders of Russia since the end of the Soviet era – Boris Yeltsin and Vladimir Putin – it’s difficult not to see Yeltsin as a failure in his goals and Putin as a success in …
Inevitable Historicity 