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dashed expectations: military bases replace trade fairs in russia’s

Second, Vladimir Putin has made control of Northern Sea Route centerpiece of his agenda, convinced that that route will give him leverage over Europe and China. ... As result, the driver of growth Russia's northwest is no longer the economy and rather the state's military construction program..

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