Vladimir Putin's academic writings and Russian natural resource policy

Problems of Post-Communism

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 48-54

  Balzer, Harley ^a  

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EID: 33644664808     PISSN: 10758216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/PPC1075-8216530105     Document Type: Review

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1. Mr. Putin discusses this period in some detail in Ot pervogo litsa: Razgovory s Vladimirom Putinym (From the First Person: Conversations with Vladimir Putin) (Moscow: Vagrium, 2000).
2. Mr. Putin states that he was not happy in this job and considered leaving to start his own law firm. He does not mention looking for a position that would have involved using the material from his thesis. In 1998 he moved to being first deputy head of the Presidential Administration, responsible for coordinating regional policy. He states that he found this the most interesting work of his career (Mr. Putin Discusses This Period in Some Detail in Ot Pervogo Litsa: Razgovory S Vladimirom Putinym 2000 ibid., p. 123).
3. Reporter David Huffman recounts having material taken out of his hands at the Mining Institute Library, "Putin's Career Rooted in Russia's KGB," Washington Post (January 30, 2000). Rather than reflecting any demand by Mr. Putin for this material to be classified, it could well be a case of lower-level personnel being reluctant to take responsibility for granting access and also not wanting to make waves by forwarding the request. When M.E. Sharpe sought permission to publish this translation, the Mining Institute's rector, V. S. Litvinenko, finally granted the necessary permission.
4. I discuss the content of the article in the context of Russian energy policy since Mr. Putin's election as president in Harley Balzer, "The Putin Thesis and Russian Energy Policy," Post-Soviet Affairs 21, no. 3 (July/September 2005): 210-25.
5. Mr. Putin's official biography on the Kremlin's Web site states that he received a degree in law from Leningrad State University in 1975 and also notes that he "later earned a Ph.D. degree in economics." See www.kremlin.ru/eng/print/V_Putin_eng.shtml.