The prevailing attitude among members of the ruling class appears to be that there is enough oil and gas to keep the state coffers full, buy voters’ loyalty, and control civil society and the media for as long as the country’s current leaders are in power. What comes after that does not concern them—to quote Madam de Pompadour: “After us, the deluge.”
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- Oleg Buklemishev,
- Andrei Kolesnikov,
- Sergei Medvedev,
- Elina Ribakova,
- Denis Volkov