
I know that the answer to the question "How did Sassou operate during his course of rule?" is in "Sassou Nguesso aligned the country with the Eastern Bloc and signed a twenty-year friendship pact with the Soviet Union. Over the years, Sassou had to rely more on political repression and less on patronage to maintain his dictatorship.". Can you tell me what it is? 


Over the years, Sassou had to rely more on political repression and less on patronage to maintain his dictatorship
