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> they’ve started to think national interest/security More like Putin's interest/security.

• p2t2p 9y ago
  Finally! As a Russian who immigrated recently I’m endlessly tired of Russia this, Russia that. There is no Russia. There is Putin and Putin only.
  • konart 9y ago
    Putin is just a face of FSB. You or they can remove him any time - nothing will change simply because of this.
    • y_molodtsov 9y ago
      It definitely change, although I can't say to which direction. He makes the system legitimate, so any successor would have either to be more open and earn some political trust in a normal process or just close the country even more (deploy martial laws, etc.)