justoffal
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He probably is a kleptocrat.There was a brief period where Russia was on the right track, but that track has been derailed. Putin is attempting reconstitute the Soviet Union. Putin is not a capitalist. He is a kleptocrat with Stalinist policies of the state controlling all apparatus of government and the repression of free thought.
Still the base operation of the Russian economy is not a communist construct. There is actually opportunity there were there was none before. Has Putin grabbed companies for himself. Yeah most likely.