How two new approaches to understanding Putin’s system throw up new explanations for the Yukos affair. MOSCOW, Russia–Ever since Russian President Vladimir Putin came to power, Western commentators have sought to describe the system he has installed. Most, if not all of the terms they have found are Western imports, including “controlled democracy,” “administered society,” […]

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