From Russian Analytical Digest, a special issue on agenda and challenges for Putin’s new term. Putin wants a shining legacy — he has to solve three big problems first. Russia’s leader appears to believe his own propaganda: Oliver Bullough goes inside the mind of Vladimir Putin. Did philosopher Alexander Dugin, aka “Putin’s brain”, shape the 2016 election? How Vladimir Putin became the world’s favorite dictator. Russia sanctions the West — hurting its own citizens. Martin Longman on how Russia sunk the West. Is Vladimir Putin’s Russia in decline? We figured out how to measure “national power”.
