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2008.
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| Summary/Abstract |
Putin's decision marks a step toward the modernization of Russian mentality that was fashioned by centuries of tsarist autocracy, which suggested that "once a Tsar, always a Tsar." Second, it implies divesting supreme power of the sacral and personified properties. Third, it sets a precedent whereby a ruler submits himself to "a piece of paper" - the Constitution
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