By Fiona Hill,Clifford G. Gaddy

Vladimir Putin has his personal idealized view of himself as CEO of “Russia, Inc.” yet instead of major a clear public company, he runs a closed boardroom, now not answerable to its stakeholders. Now that his company seems in obstacle, with political protests marking Mr. Putin’s go back to the presidency in 2012, will the CEO be held chargeable for its failings? “For greater than a dozen years—the identical of 3 American presidential phrases— Vladimir Putin has presided over the biggest state on this planet, the second one strongest nuclear arsenal, and large ordinary assets. but there's nonetheless debate approximately who he particularly is. Fiona Hill and Clifford Gaddy have long past far in answering that query, beginning with the identify, which makes a very important aspect: even supposing ‘Mr. Putin’ was once, in his upbringing and early profession, a prototype of the Soviet guy, he’s now not ‘Comrade Putin.’ His objective isn't the recovery of communism. He has made a care for the capitalists who've thrived in Russia during the last twenty years: they aid him within the workout of his political strength, and he helps them in accumulating their fortunes.”—from the foreword by means of Strobe Talbott

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