Authors: Andrei Soldatov, and Irina Borogan
September/October 2010
Foreign Affairs
In today's Russia, officers in the country's security agencies -- especially the FSB -- wield great influence over Russia's political life, foreign policy, and economic interests. If the Kremlin is serious about modernizing the country, it will have to rein in the virtually untrammeled power of the security services.
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