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April 25, 2012

Putin's New Economic Liberalism

Anders Aslund, Moscow Times

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The most remarkable change in Russia after the December protests is that people have started speaking freely again, as in the good old 1990s. Gradually, new economic policy is being formed. Although much remains uncertain, Russia is likely to pursue much better economic policy than in the last eight years.

 

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