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XVI Edition.

Understanding Russia, Ukraine, and post-soviet states

Published on Dec 30, 2004 at 12:00 UTC by Steve Ivy #permalink

This snippet from Le Sabot Post-Moderne explained for me why many people in Russia, Ukraine, and other post-soviet states continue to support, even elect, strongman (read near-dictatorial) leaders like Putin and Yanukovych:

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