Putin's Digital Disconnect: A Leader Without A Smartphone
Russian President Vladimir Putin's decisions are being made in an isolated bubble of distorted perspectives and obsession with personal safety.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin's decisions are being made in an isolated bubble of distorted perspectives and obsession with personal safety.
Decision-making in the Kremlin had been so erratic—even before the re-invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022—that the proposition of President Vladimir Putin inhabiting a bubble of servile courtiers and carefully doctored information appeared perfectly plausible. Early April 2023 has brought even more evidence supporting this assumption of detachment from reality typical for mature autocratic regimes but aggravated by an …
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