The Russian elite is both fearful and hopeful about the major personnel changes expected to follow March’s presidential election. The new configuration of power could cement the successes of the ambitious and largely effective bureaucrats in their sixties. But it’s also possible that President Vladimir Putin could replace these aging professionals with younger bureaucrats in their forties. No matter which cohort the president chooses, any large-scale personnel shift will create a “lost generation” of the elite that lacks real prospects within the power vertical. This latent battle of generations poses a threat to the system, yet was hardwired by Putin himself.
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