Tim Sweijs | El Universal: After the rebellion comes the purge
After the rebellion comes the purge. In conversation with El Universal, HCSS Director of Research Tim Sweijs states that Vladimir Putin will toughen his position against anything that sounds like a threat, even in his government. “In the long term this may result in a weakening of Putin, because he showed the Russian people and his elite contenders that their position may be threatened; but in the short term it will lead to a closing of the ranks in which potential contenders will be crushed.”
