Who’s In Charge In The Kremlin? by Eric S. Margolis

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by Eric S. Margolis
May 12, 2008

Back in the old Soviet days, Kremlin leadership changes used to be marked by a new pecking order of dumpy communist apparatchiks in awful suits glowering from atop Lenin’s tomb as tanks and cheesy floats rolled through Red Square.

No longer. Roll over Brezhnev and Tchaikovsky. Welcome to the cool new Mother Russia.

Last February, Russia’s new leaders, 55-year old Vladimir Putin and 42-year old Dimitri Medvedev, showcased their new diumverate by confidently strolling from the Kremlin across Red Square to attend a Deep Purple rock concert of all things. Forget about boring old `Swan Lake.’ Decked out in hip black leather jackets and tailored jeans, these two men symbolized the new, youthful, self-assured Russia.

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