Recent developments in Russian politics have been widely interpreted as signaling a groundswell of public support for aggressive Russian nationalism. The story goes like this: Prime Minister (and now acting President) Vladimir Putin rode the brutal war in Chechnya to the top of the presidential polls. Candidates for Duma seats competed to whip up ferocious bloodlust. The parties that most closely associated themselves with Putin's cruel operation won. Having tasted the electoral fruits of mass murder, Putin will find other victims after dispatching with the Chechens. […]
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http://www.gwu.edu/~ieresgwu/assets/docs/ponars/pm_0110.pdf
