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Sour grapes article by a Russian ex-pat who is a Putin-hater, but interesting between the lines. Putin is modernizing government by appointing young well-educated people that have already demonstrated success to prominent positions. This isn't new news but it is the first instance I have seen in the Western press, suitably dismissive, of course, based quite clearly on bias (Putin is a bad person so he can't do anything right) instead of evidence. We'll see. The skeptics believed that the sanctions would already have sunk Russia and ripen it for regime change.Bloomberg ViewPutin Wants to Run Russia Like a Corporation Leonid Bershidsky | Bloomberg View columnist and formerly founding editor of the Russian business daily Vedomosti.See also On Friday, popular Russian daily Izvestia
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Sour grapes article by a Russian ex-pat who is a Putin-hater, but interesting between the lines. Putin is modernizing government by appointing young well-educated people that have already demonstrated success to prominent positions. This isn't new news but it is the first instance I have seen in the Western press, suitably dismissive, of course, based quite clearly on bias (Putin is a bad person so he can't do anything right) instead of evidence. We'll see. The skeptics believed that the sanctions would already have sunk Russia and ripen it for regime change.Bloomberg ViewPutin Wants to Run Russia Like a Corporation Leonid Bershidsky | Bloomberg View columnist and formerly founding editor of the Russian business daily Vedomosti.See also On Friday, popular Russian daily Izvestia
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Mike Norman writes Russia Insider — Putin Starts Fourth Term by Sacking Several Senior Ministers
This isn't new news but it is the first instance I have seen in the Western press, suitably dismissive, of course, based quite clearly on bias (Putin is a bad person so he can't do anything right) instead of evidence. We'll see. The skeptics believed that the sanctions would already have sunk Russia and ripen it for regime change.
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Putin Wants to Run Russia Like a Corporation
Leonid Bershidsky | Bloomberg View columnist and formerly founding editor of the Russian business daily Vedomosti.
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On Friday, popular Russian daily Izvestia published the results of a poll conducted by the Laboratory of Political Research of one of country’s leading economic institutions – the Higher School of Economics*. The poll was conducted among students of higher education establishments across the country – both state-sponsored and private.
A little over 47 percent said they would vote for current Russian President Vladimir Putin if the presidential election was held next weekend and, of course, if the incumbent president decides to run again. None of the other potential candidates managed to receive six percent support, while 12 percent of the respondents said they would not vote at all, and 15.4 percent said they had not yet decided who to vote for....
A nationwide public opinion poll released by state-run research agency VTSIOM earlier this month showed that the president’s approval rating was at 82.2 percent – slightly down from 85.3 percent in early September, but still very high and exceeding the approval ratings of the Russian government and both chambers of parliament.* The Higher School of Economics is a liberal institution not partial to Putin.
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PUTIN GENERATION: Students vote for Vladimir Putin
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