Putin appears to have more in common with Brezhnev than with his more decisive predecessors. Khrushchev, Gorbachev, and Yeltsin risked their positions in attempts to de-Stalinize the Soviet Union. … Putin's rule seems to be more pause than reform, which is, incidentally, what the public wants.

Keywords:
Communist, Party, democratization, economy, Gorbachev, industrialization, Khrushchev, perestroika, Putin, Russia
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