Putin, Isolated and Distrustful, Leans on Handful of Hard-Line Advisers

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Dec 23, 2022
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Evan Gershkovich

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Russia’s president built a power structure designed to deliver him the information he wants to hear, feeding into his miscalculations on the Ukraine war.

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Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder · Apr 14, 2023

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The problem of the tyrant losing touch, known to philosophy and literature for 2000+ years, here in Dec. '22 in an excellent article by now-arrested Evan Gershkovich and colleagues.