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							<title><![CDATA[The Kremlin's Propaganda &amp; Russia's Regression]]></title>
							<link>http://www.american.com/archive/2013/october/the-kremlins-propaganda-campaign-and-russias-regression</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 27 Oct 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Leon Aron</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The 2008&ndash;09 financial crisis demonstrated that gas and oil exports could no longer serve as Russia&rsquo;s engine of economic progress. Russia needed to dramatically change its investment climate through deep institutional reforms that would boost economic liberty, expand the rule...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Chose Weakest Course of Action With Putin]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/story/2013/08/canceling-the-putin-summit-was-a-mistake-95297.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Leon Aron</author>
							<description><![CDATA[So the rumors are true: The White House is canceling a summit with Vladimir Putin on the margins of the upcoming G-20 heads of state meeting slated for September.This is a mistake.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Putin's Petro State Approaching Empty]]></title>
							<link>http://www.american.com/archive/2013/june/putins-petro-state-approaching-empty</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Leon Aron</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The centrality of hydrocarbons to Russia&rsquo;s economy is hardly a new issue, but it is one well worth revisiting today. One of the two largest oil producers in the world, Russia accounts for 12 percent of global output. Russia is also the top producer of natural gas, accounting for...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In Russia, a Climate of Fear is Stifling Innovation]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-aron-medvedev-khodorkovsky-20100623,0,3413637.story</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Leon Aron</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Having survived &mdash; barely &mdash; an 8% contraction in its gross domestic  product (the worst among the G-20 countries), Russia's prospects for the  next few years are iffy at best. Unless oil shoots back up to more than  $100 a barrel, the country's economy may grow only slightly...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Putin, 21st-Century Sultanate]]></title>
							<link>http://www.american.com/archive/2008/november-december-magazine/21st-century-sultanate/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Leon Aron</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Russia's War Reveals]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2008/08/what-russias-wa.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Leon Aron</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Back In the USSR?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/13/AR2008071301721.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Leon Aron</author>
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