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1. The 2014 Winter Olympics and the Evolution of Putin’s Russia

   By Robert W. Orttung, Sufian Zhemukhov

   Series: BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies

   This book examines President Vladimir Putin’s Olympic project as a window into understanding the workings of Russia today. It argues that Putin’s top-down approach to the Olympics is an illustrative case study of his leadership style for Russia as a whole. The book highlights the history of Russia’...

   To Be Published December 29th 2013 by Routledge
2. Russian Energy Power and Foreign Relations

   Implications for Conflict and Cooperation

   Edited by Jeronim Perovic, Robert W. Orttung, Andreas Wenger

   Series: CSS Studies in Security and International Relations

   This book examines Russia's new assertiveness and the role of energy as a key factor in shaping the country's behavior in international relations, and in building political and economic power domestically, since the 1990s. Energy transformed Russia's fortunes after its decline during the 1990s. The...

   Published April 7th 2010 by Routledge