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Dawisha. Putin's Kleptocracy. Complete Bibliography Dawisha. Putin’s Kleptocracy. Complete Bibliography Karen Dawisha. Putin’s Kleptocracy. Who Owns Russia? New York: Simon & Schuster, 2014 Available at: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1476795193?tag=simonsayscom Available at: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/putins-kleptocracy-karen- dawisha/1119740427?ean=9781476795195 "1990-2004: Khronologiya zakhvatov i vzryvov v Rossii [Chronology of Hostage-Takings and Explosions in Russia]." BBC Russian Service. September 2, 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/russian/russia/newsid_3621000/3621314.stm#6 (accessed August 11, 2012). "2013 List of Richest Billionaires in Russia." Forbes.ru. June 21, 2013. http://www.forbes.ru/rating/200-bogateishih-biznesmenov-rossii- 2013/2013?full=1&table=1 (accessed June 21, 2013). "A Profile of Vladimir Putin." Gazeta.ru, February 28, 2012. http://www.gazeta.ru/2001/02/28/AProfileofVl.shtml (accessed March 15, 2012). 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