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

vCandidates

Nominating parties

Votes %

Vladimir Putin 39,740,467 52.94

Gennady Zyuganov Communist Party of the Russian Federation

21,928,468 29.21

Grigory Yavlinsky Yabloko 4,351,450 5.80

Aman Tuleyev 2,217,364 3.84

Vladimir Zhirinovsky Liberal Democratic Party of Russia

2,026,509 2.70

Konstantin Titov 1,107,269 1.47

Ella PamfilovaFor civil dignity

758,967 1.01

Stanislav Govorukhin 328,723 0.44

Yury Skuratov 319,189 0.43

Alexey Podberezkin 98,177 0.13

Umar Dzhabrailov 78,498 0.10

Against all 1,414,673 1.88

TOTAL 74,387,754 100.00

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.

• 2008 CRS report. Link.