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What Can We Learn About The Nature Of Dictatorship When The Russian Illusion Shatters?

Putin’s Potemkin Village

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Lev Polyakov
Jul 25, 2023
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Originally Published 7/3/2023 on Lev’s Lens 

The Glass Russian Bear

Yevgeny Prigozhin’s canceled June 24th coup further cracked the “Strong as Bear” image of Russia held by the West, including that of a unified nationalistic loyalty compared to the Atlanticist powers divided by their culture war. To call this view a “Potemkin Village”, or a façade giving …

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