In the course of these twenty-five years, the Russian president has transformed his country into the 'strongest personalized dictatorship in the world.'
Over the quarter-century he has been in power, Putin has persistently undermined all of Russia's political institutions, enabling the consolidation of his control.
The Kremlin's control extended to the abolition of regional autonomy, establishing a foundation for Putin's centralized power and domination across Russian regions.
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