In a Modern World, Vladimir Putin Keeps Power Concentrated Using Medieval Methods

Vladimir Putin, named by Forbes magazine in 2013 as the most powerful man in the world, confounds world leaders and defies assumptions. He runs a neo-feudal world where iPads, WTO membership, and Brioni business suits conceal a power structure straight out of the Middle Ages. Anna Arutunyan, who traveled throughout Russia to report on modern Russian politics, reports on the internal politics that keeps Putin so firmly in place in The Putin Mystique: Inside Russia’s Power Cult.

The Putin Mystique

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