During Putin's first term, the Kremlin ``power structures'' (now dominated by former KGB cronies of Putin from Saint Petersburg) failed to gain control over the country's key financial and economic institutions.
Durante el primer mandato de Putin, las ``estructuras de poder'' del Kremlin (ahora dominadas por antiguos compinches de Putin en el KGB de San Petersburgo) no lograron dominar las instituciones económicas y financieras fundamentales.