While Russian President Vladimir Putin celebrates 20 years in the Kremlin and poses as a powerful world leader, his Russian Federation is showing increasing signs of fracture. Although a Ukraine-type revolution in Moscow to overthrow a corrupt authoritarian regime seems unlikely, a revolt of Russia’s diverse regions against a despised central government is gathering momentum.
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Janusz Bugajski: Russia’s regions are in revolt
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his annual press conference in Moscow on Dec. 19, 2019.
