Kremlin Frets Over Domestic Stability

The Kremlin has been shaken by a number of recent setbacks, including the change of regime in Ukraine and this year's countrywide pensioner protests at home. BMI View: While it is inappropriate to predict a 'coloured revolution' in Russia, the image of political stability built up during President Putin's first term is beginning to show some cracks. We expect the Kremlin to react by further tightening its control over the formal levers of

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