GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
In Russia, a Social Contract Built on Bravado
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Nov 6, 2017 | 15:01 GMT
![A supporter of Russia's Communist Party brandishes a poster bearing infamous Soviet leader Josef Stalin's likeness during a May Day celebration.](https://worldview.stratfor.com/sites/default/files/styles/2x1_full/public/russia-labor-day-stalin.jpg?itok=nh8ebHqZ)
Russia's social contract has endured one experiment after another over the past century as the Russian Revolution, the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet system transformed the country. The system has undergone so many permutations that today it is all but obsolete, and no rule is too fundamental to break.
(KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images)
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