WASHINGTON, July 8 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on July 7, 2026, by Paul Goble, specialist on ethnic and religious questions in Eurasia, in the foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor:

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Putin's Aging Inner Circle Resembles Brezhnev Elite

Executive Summary:

* The death of Sergei Ivanov, a longtime Russian official and close friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin, at 73, has focused new attention on Pu . . .

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