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    STUDIA EUROPAEA - Issue no. 3 / 2008  
         
  Article:   FROM GORBACHEV TO PUTIN.

Authors:  ALBERT P. VAN GOUDOEVER. 		 
       
         
  Abstract:  Mr. Putin’s administration often puts the analyst of Russian affairs in the dark. In order to obtain a framework of interpretation, the author compares Putin with his predecessor as leaders. Brezhnev’s government of stagnation is contrasted to Gorbachev’s policy of contraction and resulted in dissolution. The notion anarchy describes Yeltsin’s administration. Mr. Putin’s rule in the first part is characterized by stability, and afterwards restoration is the key notion. The price of this stability is a weak concept of democracy in Russian government. Putin as a pragmatist does not develop a large program like Khrushchev, Brezhnev and Gorbachev.

Key words: foriegn policy, anarchy, pragmatism, leadership, Russia 		 
         
     
         
         
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