A very interesting post on Bruce Sterling's Wired blog regarding the new ruling elite of Russia.
In the past 100 years, the rulers of Russia have included delusional, inbred royalty; psychotic criminals; ponderous bureaucrats; dynamic world-changers; drunken populists; fantastically wealthy, business savvy gangsters; and now spies.
Ex-FSB head Vlad Putin has stocked the government with former KGB and FSB officers. He's been slow, sure, and methodical in doing it. And now he's completed the job.
Is this better or worse than any of the previous groups?
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