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The book is titled Russian Roulette and deals with Russia's economy in Putin's era. The text says close to 4000 R&D programs and defense conversion projects, many financed by the West, have failed abysmally to transform Russia's military-industrial complex. The author writes that less than one quarter of 2500 defense-related firms are subject to what he calls amorphous and inapt Russian Federal supervision.
The text says about $4.8 billion of IMF funds are alleged to have gone amiss during the implosion of the Russian financial markets in August 1998. The author compares Putin with Louis-Napoleon, calling Putin a populist who travels throughout the country, poses for photo opportunities and answers citizens' queries in Q-and-A radio shows. Another comparison says that Putin, like Louis-Napoleon before him, proceeded to expand his powers and installed loyalists in every corner of the administration and the army.
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- Author
- Samuel Vaknin
- Language
- English
- Genre
- European History
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