In 1787, Grigory Potemkin built hollow façades of villages in Crimea to impress Empress Catherine II that her army had conquered valuable assets. Likewise, Vladimir Putin has erected a Potemkin democracy in Russia and in the past two weeks his façade has been outed by street protests that may lead to a "Slavic Spring."
If the euro crisis had not hijacked headlines, the burgeoning Russian revolution over a fraudulent election would have because it has sweeping ramifications for oil prices, China's stability and the future of Ukraine.
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