Investment Climate: Political Risk Returns to Russia

Author(s): Ben Aris
Editor(s): Stephen Aris, Aglaya Snetkov, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 111
Pages: 7-12
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute of History, University of Basel
Publication Year: 2012

Russia returned Vladimir Putin to his previous job as president on March 4, but politics in Russia has been transformed by the popular demonstrations that began in December 2011. Putin's absolute control over the political process has been broken and he has lost control of the debate.

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