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Updated: May 19, 2025
The country is a functioning democracy but elections there do not revolve around the economy. Most taxes are evaded by most taxpayers and half the gross national product is anyhow underground. Ordinary people crave law and order or, at least a semblance thereof. Hence Putin's rock idol popularity.
Putin's great asset is his pragmatism and realistic assessment of the shambles that Russia has become and of his own limitations. He has turned himself into a kind of benevolent and enlightened arbiter among feuding interests and as the merciless and diligent executioner of the decisions of the inner cabals of power. Hitherto he kept everyone satisfied. But Iraq is his first real test.
A few weeks ago, a Russian general in Chechnya refused Putin's orders publicly and with impunity. Additionally, according to numerous opinion polls, the vast majority of Russians oppose an Iraqi campaign.
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