Sergey Radchenko

Why Putin won’t take Hitler’s way out

Vladimir Putin examining a rifle (ALEXEY DRUZHININ/AFP via Getty Images)

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Sergey Radchenko
Sergey Radchenkois the Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. He is the author of the newly published To Run the World: the Kremlin’s Cold War Bid for Global Power (Cambridge University Press, 2024).

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