Putin is Back
Russian Federation | 2015
How exactly did Vladimir Putin take his country hostage and remain so popular at the same time? No-one believed he could regain the Russian Presidency after 2008. After all, he had served the constitutional limit of two consecutive terms. But of course, four years later Putin was back, his regime now clearly defined by cronyism, homophobia, and unilateral land grabs. An improbable and disquieting…