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Aug 2025
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Has Putinism Failed? A Conversation with...

CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies
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Max and Maria spoke with Harley Balzer and Sergei Guriev about the recently released volume, Failure. Russia Under Putin. This conversation was recorded on July 17, 2025. Failure. Russia Under Putin is available now from Bloomsbury Publishing. 
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