Europe’s Failure to Understand Russia’s Decline

Author suggests that Russia is in a serious state of economic and political decline. Russia needs to reform substantially but under Vladimir Putin this is not likely to happen.

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ESO: Background information: EU states agree six-month Russia sanctions http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-states-agree-six-month-russia-sanctions/

ESO: Background information: Putin’s Russia [What Think Tanks Are Thinking] http://www.europeansources.info/record/putins-russia-what-think-tanks-are-thinking/

The Conversation, 06.01.16: Forget Putin’s global posturing – Russia’s biggest challenges for 2016 are domestic http://theconversation.com/forget-putins-global-posturing-russias-biggest-challenges-for-2016-are-domestic-52340

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