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Review Article

The Kremlin Enigma: Understanding Russian Policy Preferences and Possible Alternatives

Sergey Aleksashenko, Putin’s Counterrevolution. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2018, xxii + 325pp., $37.99 p/b.; Andrew Monaghan, Power in Modern Russia. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2017, ix + 101pp., £9.99 p/b.; Matthew Light, Fragile Migration Rights. Freedom of Movement in post-Soviet Russia. London & New York, NY: Routledge, 2017, xiii + 223pp., £36.99 p/b.; Alexandar Mihailovic, The Mitki and the Art of Postmodern Protest in Russia. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 2018, xvii + 254pp., $79.95 h/b.

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