Russia is in crisis again. Bad debts, devalued currency, corrupt officials, a political system that verges on paralysis, competing visions of the future that allow no room for compromise—the list of problems grows longer as its components become more complex. Observers attribute the crisis to the huge difficulties connected with trying to transform a once-inert...
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The Burden of Russian History
Political visions gone awry cannot alone account for the crises that threaten to engulf the Russians as they approach the 21st century. As they once again grapple with the dilemmas of backwardness that have plagued them for so long, Russian policymakers must continue to struggle against a thousand years of history, almost all of which...