Essay

Write a 5 paged essay

Body is 5 pg, 12 pt, double spaced Times new roman

Intro: goal and strategy

1 Obtaining the populist support and quelling dissent

Putin background within Russian post Soviet era
Role in solving Russia's Chechnya uprising
Russian social problems - heroin alcohol
Quieting the press: Mrs. Politkovskaya, Mr. Paul Klebnikov and other journalists
Quieting the outspoken critics: Mr. Litvinenko and others

2 Developing a mafia state of corruption

Forcing international companies to abide by Russia's mafia state: Mr. Magnitsky and business corruption
Holding rich elite in check: Mr. Mikhail Khodorkovsky and other rich elites

3 International expansion into Eastern Europe

Irridentistic approach to international relations: Georgia and Ukraine, First Lt. Nadiya Savchenko
"Little Green men" strategy for border states - invasion without consiquences?

4 Your conclusion

Is Putin a psychopath? What would this then mean for the future?
http://www.1913intel.com/2014/03/05/vladimir-putin-psychopath/

Russian Hegemony through force and coercion

Links that can be usefull :

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/02/15/uk-russia-northcaucasus-death-idUKTRE81E0O020120215
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/09/gorbachev-putin-exhausted-himself-russian
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46349422/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/russian-leader-gets-trickle-antarctic-lake/#.Tzvg9bHQJ2B

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/14/russia-expels-french-journalist?newsfeed=true
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/social-network-vkontakte-shut-down-groups-devoted-to-suicide/453198.html#ixzz1muACDSQN
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=147164671

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Litvinenko

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6179074.stm

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/18/alexander-litvinenko-killers-big-mistake

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Lugovoy
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/02/propaganda-or-hoax-the-pro-putin-music-video-that-has-russia-talking/252918/#.T0PDWJpnusw.email
http://www.cracked.com/blog/8-hilariously-insane-examples-vladimir-putin-propaganda/

http://hmcurrentevents.com/demonstrations-erupt-in-russian-cities/

http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/09/opinion/russia-syria-relations/index.html

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/11290017-udderly-bizzare-russian-cows-given-rabbit-fur-bras-to-keep-warm-video

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/22/world/middleeast/syrian-allies-reject-calls-for-unified-pressure-to-halt-violence.html?partner=rssemc=rss