Putin ‘moving into his Berlusconi phase,’ Russia scholar says

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As polls universally predict victory for Vladimir Putin in Russian presidential elections Sunday, a prominent Washington Russia scholar likened the once and likely future Russian president to Italy's disgraced former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, who was ousted from power last year during the European financial crisis. "Putin is now moving into his 'Berlusconi phase,'" Fiona [...]

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