Dmitry Medvedev's Party Reform

Author(s): Grigorii Golosov
Editor(s): Stephen Aris, Aglaya Snetkov, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 115
Pages: 8-10
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University
Publication Year: 2012

The reform of Russia's political party system is the only protest demand that the Russian authorities have granted. But, while the opportunity to form new political parties is a real accomplishment in the battle for Russian democracy, the authorities designed the new law to strengthen their own hand in the political field.

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