Russia: Pluses and Minuses of Putin’s Regime · Global Voices
Alexey Sidorenko

Blogger rusanalit sums up [RUS] 10 years of Vladimir Putin's direct and indirect (after president Medvedev's election) reign. Pluses, among others, include: creation of the Stabilization Fund [EN], finishing Chechen war [EN], paying off $100 bln of state debt by raising the oil taxes. Minuses: making corruption a core principle of the political system, removal of the political competition, increase of the state's presence in the economy.