Putin I and Putin II. Results of the First Term and Prospects
for the Second.
(Together with Yuri Fedorov)
While the questions "Who is Putin?"and
"What does Putin want?" are still relevant as a result
of too many zig-zags in Putin's first term. Putin's first term witnessed
serious reform attempts to modernize (or "westernize")
Russia, but also an evident concentration of power in the hands
of the President. Putin is still the most popular political figure
in Russian political history, and he has both the powers and the
necessary popular support to continue reforming Russia or to turn
developments around towards a more authoritarian rule. The second
presidential term is the time to show the cards, but paradoxically
enough, whichever development he chooses, he will not escape the
verdict of the Russian people and voters: at the beginning of his
second presidential term, there is only one to praise or blame -
Putin himself. This anthology is an attempt to describe what Putin
has done in his first term, and what he is likely to do in his second
term.
Contents
Introduction
Yuri Fedorov and Bertil Nygren
The Second Putin Presidency:
Modernization by Returning to Traditionalism
Lilia Shevtsova
A Comparison of Three Russian
Presidential Election Camapaigns in 1996, 2000 and 2004. Where is
Russia Going?
Bertil Nygren
Putin's Russia: Foreign Policy
and the nature of the Regime
Yuri E. Fedorov
Foreign Factors of Russian Policy
Irina Kobrinskaya
Russia's Economic Development:
Summing up the First Presidential Term of Vladimir Putin and Prospects
for the Future
Boris Ye. Frumkin
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