Russia's Putin wants success without policy re-think

Putin is calling for bold economic steps to shore up his popularity, but there is no obvious route to success

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  • New team, same risks
  • Make-or-break programme
  • Economic aims with high ambitions
  • New minister
  • Paradoxes
  • The untouchables
  • Foreign policy continuity
  • Prosecution and justice chiefs out

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