Putin's Plan

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In The Media

Putin's Plan

During the campaign, United Russia released a document called "Putin's Plan" that became the party's main message. Although Mr. Putin's actual plan for the future remains a mystery, his plan for the parliamentary election has been carried out.

By Michael McFaul

Published on Dec 4, 2007

Source: Wall Street Journal

Michael McFaulCarnegie's Michael McFaul addresses Putin's future role in Russia in a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed. "In searching for a place to park his tremendous popular mandate, Mr. Putin looks now like the victim of his own earlier successes," he writes. "The silver lining or tragic paradox of this situation is that the next phase in Russian politics is likely to be more competitive and unstable than the previous eight years."

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