Putin's Potemkin Reforms

Putin's Potemkin Reforms

In Ukraine, Joe Biden was flaming on. “I don’t think the Russian people understand fully what Putin is doing,” the U.S. vice president said on Tuesday. “That’s why he spends so much time hiding at home the presence of troops here in your country.”

Actually, more Russians than Biden might think understand only too well what their President Vladimir Putin is up to, but Ukraine is not the top of their list of concerns at the moment. Before Ukraine, during Ukraine, and most likely after Ukraine their biggest concern will be corruption inside Russia and, related to that, the fight for reforms.

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