#2071

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Sept. 7, 2010, 4 p.m.

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//Explaining the distinction between authority and actual power Mr. Swaney: [Russian President] Medvedev could rule Russia with an iron fist; he could dismiss Putin tomorrow if he wanted to.      Putin's got the Russian Mafia behind him, Medvedev would fall out of a window the next day. So Medvedev has the authority, Putin has the Mafia.