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References
- Lourie, Richard (29 January 2019). "Out of the Picture: On Tony Wood's "Russia Without Putin: Money, Power and the Myths of the New Cold War"". LA Review of Books.
- Lipman, Maria (12 August 2019). "A Review of "Russia Without Putin: Money, Power, and the Myths of the New Cold War"". Foreign Affairs.
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