Tag: Russian democracy

Putin’s Rule Will End by a Palace Coup or a Social Explosion, Akunin Says

June 24, 2014

Staunton, June 23 – Because Vladimir Putin has blocked Russia’s evolution toward democracy, the Kremlin leader and with him Russia as a whole has lost the chance for a peaceful and orderly succession, Boris Akunin says. Instead, the Putin era “will in any case end badly,” either via “a palace coup or a social explosion” […]