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How Russia’s Obsession With Economic Stability Made It Weaker - The Moscow Times

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This article was originally published on the author’s Substack “Sic Transition Gloria.” There’s little reward for being right when few care what you say and you’ve mistimed the market of ideas. Much of the 2010s for us suffering Russianists was lost to Washington parlor games about a Russia resurgent.

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  • Nick TrickettBy Nick Trickett

    This article was originally published on the author’s Substack “Sic Transition Gloria.” There’s little reward for being right when few care what you say and you’ve mistimed the market of ideas. Much of the 2010s for us suffering Russianists was lost to Washington parlor games abo…

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