Yevgeny Volk
Yevgeny Volk
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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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The Kremlin is very keen that whoever replaces Luzhkov should be a loyal and malleable figure.