Russian President Vladimir Putin

Video: Russia Without Putin—Money, Power and the Myths of the New Cold War

December 11, 2018
NYU Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia

This video was originally posted by NYU's Jordan Center.

Tony Wood discusses his latest book, which challenges several common assumptions about contemporary Russia and Putinism at an event hosted by NYU's Jordan Center. 

Speaker:

Tony Wood, editorial board member, New Left Review; author of Chechnya: The Case for Independence

Photo by Kremlin.ru shared under a CC BY 4.0 license.

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