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• Who are the siloviki?
• Military
• MVD
• FSB
• SVR
• GRU
• Agenda
• Nationalist agenda
• Budgetary priority
• Freedom to appropriate funds
• Respect
• Siloviki rivalries
• Institutions
• Factions
• Centre vs periphery
• Military vs spies
• Seniors vs juniors
• What can the siloviki do?
• Electoral realignment?
• Covert pressure
• Coup risks?
• Putin's responses
• Gathering the 'right' siloviki
• Financial incentives
• Sacking disloyal officials
• Political concessions

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