Russia at the Crossroads?

The Realignment of the Party System

Author(s): Petra Stykow
Editor(s): Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 19
Pages: 2-4
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen
Publication Year: 2007

A structural realignment is taking place in the president's camp in preparation for the fifth State Duma elections on December 2, 2007. The elite groups supporting the Putin System are contending in a surprisingly open competition between two parties of power whose agendas are practically indistinguishable in terms of substance. So far, the electorate has not responded to this staged competition.

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