"This insightful study explores how the economic system Vladimir Putin has developed in Russia works to consolidate control over the country. By appointing his close associates as heads of state enterprises and by giving control of the FSB and the judiciary to his friends from the KGB, he has...

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Acronyms and Initialisms -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE: The Origins of Putin's Economic Model -- CHAPTER TWO: Putin's Consolidation of Power -- CHAPTER THREE: Conservative Fiscal and Monetary Policy -- CHAPTER FOUR: The Rise of...