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Russia

Some Basics Communism The USSR v. Russia China v. the USSR

Terms: the USSR CPSU Nomenklatura system Lenin and the Bolsheviks Stalin  Agricultural Collectivization  Centralized planning  Focus on infrastructure and military industries.  KGB

Terms: the USSR Gorbachev Glasnost, perestroika and demokratizatsiia. Yelstin

Russia: Post-USSR Yeltsin Putin

Politics Political Cleavages – Free Markets v. Strong State Role in Economy. – Political Elites v. Oligarchs – Regional v. Moscow (i.e., center/periphery) – Russians v. Chechens

v Candidates Nominating parties Votes% Vladimir Putin 39,740, Gennady Zyuganov Communist Party of the Russian Federation 21,928, Grigory YavlinskyYabloko 4,351, Aman Tuleyev 2,217, Vladimir Zhirinovsky Liberal Democratic Party of Russia 2,026, Konstantin Titov 1,107, Ella Pamfilova For civil dignity 758, Stanislav Govorukhin 328, Yury Skuratov 319, Alexey Podberezkin 98, Umar Dzhabrailov 78, Against all 1,414, TOTAL74,387,

2004 Russian Elections

2008 Russian Elections

Sources 2004 Russian Elections: Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights: RUSSIAN FEDERATION PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. (14 March 2004). Link.Link 2008 CRS report. Link.Link.