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Dmitrii Furman
(b.1943) is a historian in Moscow.
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Russia at the crossroads
Logic and the end of "imitation democracy"
The Belavezha Accords in 1991, which dissolved the USSR without a democratic mandate, condemned subsequent presidents to rule by "imitated democracy". Putin's decision to step down after two terms has given Russia a chance to depart from that path of development, argues Dmitri Furman. [more]
23.04.2008
Origins and elements of imitated democracies
On political development in the post-Soviet space
Throughout the territory of the former Soviet Union, regimes have established themselves behind a democratic facade while concentrating power in the hands of a president. Contrary to their purported stability, all contain the seeds of their own downfall. [English version added] [more]
09.10.2007