Russia: Limping Along Towards American Democracy ?
Questions the extent to which post‐communist Russia has indeed become a democracy. It examines the problems of Russian democracy in different areas such as elections, separation of powers, judicial system, freedom of press, respect for human rights, and development of civil society. It concludes that Russia has not been well served by efforts to transplant the American‐style democracy without taking into account local circumstances and conditions.
Keywords: civil society, democracy, elections, human rights, judiciary, post‐communism, press freedom, Russia, separation of powers, USA
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