For details on Lebed's participation in the election , see White , Rose , and McAllister , How Russia Votes , chapters 11 and 12 ; and Michael McFaul , Russia's 1996 Presidential Election : The End of Polarized Politics ( Stanford ...
Here for the first time in an official U.S. government report is the fascinating and detailed account of how ex-KGB agent Vladimir Putin has used computer hackers, official state spy agencies, and even Russian organized crime thugs over the ...
The book argues that a perspective on Russia from a Western viewpoint is limited and that there has been an alternative way of thinking about the nation and its problems.
Gathered here are essays offering historical background on the parties, selected interviews with prominent members of these groups, and important party documents. Whether democracy will flourish in Russia remains in question.
Weak Strongman challenges the conventional wisdom about Putin's Russia, highlighting the difficult trade-offs that confront the Kremlin on issues ranging from election fraud and repression to propaganda and foreign policy.
“This firsthand account of contemporary history is key to understanding Russia's latest assault on its neighbor."—USA Today An eyewitness account by a U.S. diplomat of Russia’s brazen attempt to undo the democratic revolution in ...
Many of the objectives sought by Putin and Medvedev sound a lot like communism and a command economy. This book will discuss the significance of these totalitarian detours from the road toward democracy.
In The Fight for Influence, Alexey Malashenko offers a comprehensive analysis of Russian policies and prospects in Central Asia. It is clear that Russian policy in the formerly Soviet-controlled region is entering uncharted territory.
See Putin Oil, 288nn61–62. See also Russian energy policy Oman, 146 “One Belt, One Road,” 259n53 Orange Revolution. See Ukraine Orban, Viktor, 192, 193 Order, international. See New world order/disorder Organization for Security and ...
Russia without Putin concludes by assessing the current regime’s prospects, and looks ahead to what the future may hold for the country.