Russia’s Systemic Transformation: Trajectories and Dynamics

On the central role of the Security Council at the start of Putin's reign, see Aleksandr Golts & Dmitry Pinsker “Supreme Commander’s Headquarters,” Itogi, no. 28, 12 July 2000. With the departure of Sergei Ivanov to the Ministry of Defence in April 2001, the profile of this body has visibly weakened. ................
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