What Will Happen to Russia After Putin? - The American Spectator

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What Will Happen to Russia After Putin?

One possible post-Putin future is Russian retrenchment.

by Francis P. Sempa

April 22, 2024, 9:15 PM

Russian President Vladimir Putin (Naga11/Shutterstock)

The Hoover Institution’s Stephen Kotkin is probably America’s top Kremlinologist. He knows Russia -- its history, culture, and politics -- as well or better than any contemporary scholar in the United...

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