The Political Economy of Putin 3.0

Author(s): Peter Rutland
Editor(s): Stephen Aris, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder, Aglaya Snetkov
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 133
Pages: 2-5
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University
Publication Year: 2013

President Vladimir Putin has been extremely active since returning to the Kremlin in May 2012. However, he has been unable to turn his plans for economic reform into real change on the ground. Rather than prioritize economic reform, Putin has instead sought to strengthen the 'power vertical' in the executive branch.

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