Part 1 of 5 · freeIntroduction
Since he reached the top of the Russian state in 1999, Vladimir Putin has transformed the country. In a quarter of a century, he turned a nation weakened by the collapse of the USSR into a centralized, warlike power that openly defies the international order.
His rule followed a striking arc. Seen at first as a pragmatic stabilizer, he became the builder of an authoritarian system founded on control of energy, the crushing of all opposition, and a nostalgic vision of Russian imperial greatness.
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- 2A meteoric rise in the 2000s
- 3Bringing society to heel
- 4Toward a break with the West
- 5The regime's ideology and its grip on power
Open-book quiz9 questions whose answers are in the text.
Glossary9 terms explained in a tap.
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