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Is Putin Crazy? What Is Motivating Him and How Far Will He Go?

Tyrannical Minds author Dean Haycock interviewed for Politkya weekly

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat
Mar 19, 2022
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In May 2021, I interviewed Dean Haycock, author of the excellent book Tyrannical Minds: Psychological Profiling, Narcissism, and Dictatorship. Dean was recently interviewed for the Polish weekly Polityka by journalist Marcin Rotkiewicz about Putin’s mindset. Dean graciously granted permission for an English-language version of the interview to be publis…

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