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The oil price has definitely hitting the economy badly.

Leaving the Kremlin is getting worried that actually it's beginning to project the

possibility of disorder on the streets or elite conspiracies against the Kremlin,

one thing or the other.

An economy in trouble, a scandal involving billions in offshore banks and shell companies,

seemingly endless military entanglements. Sounds like a recipe to bring down any world leader.

Today on War College, we'll look at what

makes Russian President Vladimir Putin such a special case.

You're listening to War College, a weekly discussion of a world in conflict focusing on the

stories behind the front lines.

Here's your host, Jason Fields.

Hello and welcome to War College.

I'm Reuters opinion editor Jason Fields.

And I'm Matthew Galt, contributing editor with War is Boring.

Today we're talking with Dr. Mark Galliati.

He's an expert on Modern Russia.

He's also a clinical professor of global affairs at New York University.

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