Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedM. Gessen: belief
14 Aug 2019 Conversations with Tyler M. Gessen on the Ins and Outs of Russia
“I’ve never thought of it in terms of constraint. I think that he has a natural inclination for economy, an economy of means.”
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- M. Gessen
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- 14 Aug 2019
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…How constrained is Putin, in your view? What’s your basic model of how Putin rules and what he can do and what he can’t do? I’ve never thought of it in terms of constraint. I think that he has a natural inclination for economy, an economy of means. He’s not a totalitarian-type leader, in the sense that he wants to exert only as much force as necessary to continue accumulating money and power. Which of those two does he care about more, money or power?…
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