Economic modernization has already created classes of people who are impatient with Putin's paternalistic regime, says UCLA professor of political science Daniel Treisman in an interview with Peggy McInerny, director of communications for the International Institute.These groups are not just concentrated in the big cities of the former Soviet Union. Discontent with the state's failure to deliver basic services is also palpable in the provinces. Has Russia become too modern for its politics?
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