The Boston Globe, January 1st, 2006
THE RESIGNATION of Russian President Vladimir Putin's top economic adviser, Andrei Illarionov, was an uncommon gesture of integrity. Its importance to the outside world lay in the ominous verdict on Putin's transformation of Russia that Illarionov pronounced at his departure. This insider's alert ought to be heeded as an authoritative warning about a disfiguring concentration of political and economic power in the hands of Putin and his inner circle. "This year Russia has become a different country," Illarionov said on Dec. 21 during his annual news conference. "It is no longer a democratic co...
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