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February 5, 2012

Russia: The 'Sort of, But Not Really' Country

Thomas Friedman, New York Times

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Russia today is sort of a democracy, but not really. It’s sort of a free market, but not really. It's sort of got the rule of law to protect businesses, but not really. It's sort of a European country, but not really. It has sort of a free press, but not really. Its cold war with America is sort of over, but not really. It's sort of trying to become something more than a petro-state, but not really.

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