Russia’s Putin Exploits War, Crisis, and Disease to Expand his

Russia’s Putin Exploits War, Crisis, and Disease to Expand his Power in 2020

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Vladimir Putin enjoyed a successful 2020 despite a slate of setbacks to his agenda. New constitutional amendments will allow him to rule the Russian state for life. He exploited the COVID-19 pandemic and crises in Belarus and Ukraine. The collapse in oil and gas prices ravaged the fuel-driven Russian economy but failed to derail Putin’s campaigns. On this episode of Overwatch, ISW Russia Team Lead Mason Clark and George Barros discuss Putin and the Kremlin’s biggest successes and setbacks in 2020.

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