CLASS 2: PUTIN, OLIGARCHS, AND RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE

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ASSIGNMENT:

98 Russian Billionaires Hold More Wealth Than Russians’ Combined Savings

Is Trump a Russian Agent?: Explaining Terms of Art and Examining the Facts

LECTURE:

After World War Two, the West created a system of alliances to ensure the collective security of a liberal international order, with the United States at the center. The Soviet Union and now Russia have been trying to break that system for the past seventy years. This objective has gotten more urgent for Vladimir Putin. Why?