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Muscovy and the West -- Reform communism -- Pandora's box -- Blindman's bluff -- Squalid superpower -- Demolition and systems building -- Crisis management -- Authoritarian reconsolidation -- Heritage of neglect -- Semblance of democracy -- Social change and adaptation -- International relations -- Sustainable growth -- Russia in the Chinese looking glass.

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