Status Updates From The Russia Conundrum

Khodorkovsky says that the way the system is set up in Russia invites corruption and state capture to anyone who is in power, the problem is not only Putin, it is changing the system once Putin is gone. Creating a parliamentary republic.

A line that caught my eye: “[Putin] ordered the closure of independent TV channel NTV, claiming he was doing so for financial reasons, but making little secret of the fact it was actually because NTV had the temerity to criticize the president” I stopped for a moment because that is exactly what Trump did and no one seems to be batting an eye.

i'm feeling a dnf coming

Not the point of the book but "I was 23 and she was just 17 but" hello?