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Vladimir Putin and the Oligarchs

March 9, 2005

Marshall I. Goldman professor emeritus, economics, Wellesley College

Marshall Goldman, associate director of the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard, talks about the changes in the Russian government since the end of the Cold War, and the implications for the United States.

America won the Cold War and looked forward to fostering democracy and capitalism in Moscow. But now several decades of glasnost and privatization have given way to new domestic and foreign policies under former KGB officer Vladimir Putin.

Topics: Politics & Public Affairs

Tags: Economics | Gorbachev | Human Rights | Military & Warfare | Russia | Soviet Union

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