Brezhnev v. Putin

Published: Nov. 15, 2022, 7 a.m.

On November 10, 1982 \u2013 40 years ago \u2013 the leader of the Soviet Union, Leonid Brezhnev, died. Immediately after his passing, Yuri Andropov succeeded him as General Secretary. But our subject today is Brezhnev and the hauntingly similar ways both Brezhnev and Putin have ruled.