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Understanding Putin’s Russia and the Struggle over Ukraine

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Ukraine and Russia: From Civilized Divorce to Uncivil War. By D’AnieriPaul. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019. 292p. $84.99 cloth, $29.99 paper.

The Return of the Russian Leviathan. By MedvedevSergei. Medford, MA: Polity Press, 2020. 250p. $74.95 cloth, $24.95 paper.

Red Mirror: Putin’s Leadership and Russia’s Insecure Identity. By SharafutdinovaGulnaz. New York: Oxford University Press, 2020. 256p. $99.00 cloth, $29.95 paper.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 December 2021

Peter Rutland*
Affiliation:
Wesleyan Universityprutland@wesleyan.edu

Abstract

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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the American Political Science Association

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References

Notes

1 V-dem, https://www.v-dem.net/en/analysis/CountryGraph/; “Autocratization Turns Viral,” February 2021, https://www.v-dem.net/en/.

2 Mikhail Alexeev and Henry Hale, “Russians See Ukraine as an Illegitimate State,” Washington Post, May 20, 2015, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2015/05/20/russians-see-ukraine-as-an-illegitimate-state/.

3 Levada Center, “Ukraine and Donbas,” April 16, 2021, https://www.levada.ru/en/2021/04/16/ukraine-and-donbas/.

4 Vladimir Putin, “On the Historical Unity of Ukrainians and Russians,” July 12, 2021, http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/66181.