Putin’s Last Realm to Conquer: Russian Culture - New York Times

Putin’s Last Realm to Conquer: Russian Culture

By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN
Putin’s Last Realm to Conquer: Russian Culture - New York Times: "MOSCOW — The fight is long over here for authority over the security services, the oil business, mass media and pretty much all the levers of government. Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin, notwithstanding some recent anti-government protests, has won those wars, hands down, and promises to consolidate its position in parliamentary elections. But now there is concern that the Kremlin is setting its sights on Russian culture."