The combination of multiple disagreements and missed opportunities has led many observers to speak of a profound crisis in the relationship. There is much to support this view. Overt anti-Westernism has become highly fashionable within the Russian establishment, where there is a renewed emphasis on Russia's 'pursuing its own path' rather than 'mechanically' transplanting Western principles of democracy, a free market economy and civil society. Buoyed by the consolidation of his political power and Russia's high economic growth rates, President Putin has become increasingly unapologetic about his domestic and foreign policies. Meanwhile, senior figures in the administration rail against outside 'interference' in the former Soviet Union (FSU) and the West's 'double standards', and the Russian Orthodox Church condemns the 'immoral' influence of imported popular culture.
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