Yevgeny Volk
Yevgeny Volk
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This is bound to have a negative effect on relations. Washington will see this as creating instability near the Russian border.
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Russia is using strong economic levers. With the growth of oil and gas exports it has become much richer than it was in the 1990s and it is translating this economic might into political influence and power.
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People in power were brought up under the communist regime. All of this makes democracy weak and civil society still nascent.
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The Kremlin is very keen that whoever replaces Luzhkov should be a loyal and malleable figure.