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No post for the liberal Kudrin, but the fiscal hawk Siluanov heading the treasury is promoted to First Deputy Prime Minister Russia InsiderPutin Starts Fourth Term by Sacking Several Senior Ministers

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...