After the collapse of The United Soviet Socialist Republic (U.S.S.R.), better known as the soviet union, on 26th December 1991, after attempts and making a more democratic nation by Boris, which eventually waned, Vladimir Putin announced on 31st December 1999 that he is now the head of the state. F.S.B. Masha Gessen, an author and journalist, commented on his rule by saying, “So, he was trying to remake Russia in the image of the K.G.B. Like if everything in the world could be as centralised, insular, and secretive as the K.G.B., it would work well.” Hence to concretise his control to totality. First, he took down the independent Russian media companies, gazettes and papers under the power of the Russian state. Hence Putin managed to cover his tracks and his operations’ illegality. Next...
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