Lilia Shevtsova, a leading Russian commentator and award-winning journalist, is a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment. She has just published a new book, Putin’s Russia, which former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev calls “a very thoughtful book and an interesting read” and Henry Kissinger names “an invaluable analysis.” Shevtsova is the author of six books, including Yeltsin’s Russia: Myths and Reality, and coeditor of Gorbachev, Yeltsin, and Putin.

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