Policy Memos | Аналитика 116

Waiting for a Democratic Left: A Dangerous Gap in Russia’s Political Spectrum

A decade ago, the politically entrepreneurial vanguard of Moscow's ruling elite–the so-called reformers–came to power under a slogan that was attractive by virture of its simplicity: transforming Russia into a…

The Selective Use of State Capacity in Russia’s Economy: Property Disputes and Enterprise Takeovers After 2000

Throughout the 1990s, the role of the Russian state in governing the private economy was negligible. Private organizations of various kinds, such as organized criminal groups, private security agencies, and…

Rights and Restraints in Russia’s Criminal Justice System

One of the hardest tasks for the newly democratizing states in Central and Eastern Europe has been the establishment of fair and effective systems of criminal justice. During the Communist era, the…

Business and State in the Russian Regions

Since the 1998 financial crisis, Russian big business has dramatically expanded its operations into Russia’s regions and, in the process, transformed the country's political system. During the 1990s, Russia's governors and the…

The United States and Russia Today: A Practical Partnership

U.S.-Russian relations today can be characterized best as pragmatic. But this pragmatism is a very specific one. The partnership between Russia and the United States is driven by expediency rather than principle…

What Went Wrong? Regional Electoral Politics and Impediments to State Centralization in Russia 2003-2004

In the fall of 2004, Russia’s national executive launched a major reform that affects the development of center-region relations in the country. The pivotal component of the reform is a move to…

What Does Winning Mean in 2003?: A Candidate Centered Analysis of Upcoming Parliamentary Elections

In 1993, 1995, and 1999, analysts and politicians in both Russia and the United States made bold predictions about the outcomes of each national parliamentary election. Their predictions, based largely on the…

The End of ‘Primitive Capitalist Accumulation’?: The New Bankruptcy Law and the Political Assertiveness of Russian Big Business

One of the important long-term trends in Russian business since the collapse of the Soviet Union has been concentration, as a small number of business groups (the heads of which…

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Waiting for a Democratic Left: A Dangerous Gap in Russia’s Political Spectrum

The Selective Use of State Capacity in Russia’s Economy: Property Disputes and Enterprise Takeovers After 2000

Rights and Restraints in Russia’s Criminal Justice System

Business and State in the Russian Regions

The United States and Russia Today: A Practical Partnership

What Went Wrong? Regional Electoral Politics and Impediments to State Centralization in Russia 2003-2004

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The End of ‘Primitive Capitalist Accumulation’?: The New Bankruptcy Law and the Political Assertiveness of Russian Big Business

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