What I’d like to do is give a run-through of how we got to where we are with Russia. From the end of the Cold War onwards, focusing on the economy – and how the economy, in true Marxist fashion, has shaped the politics and political realities that we see in Russia today.
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People walk along a pedestrian bridge by Zaryadye Park in central Moscow, with the Russian Foreign Ministry office building and one of the Kremlin towers (L) in background, on March 17.
