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Russia - One Hundred Years After Revolution

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DOI10.1177/2041905817744622
AuthorAlexander Titov
Published date01 December 2017
Date01 December 2017
12 POLITICAL INSIGHT • DECEMBER 2017
Russia - One
Hundred Years
After Revolution
The revolutions of 1917 transformed Russia forever. A century on,
Russia again f‌inds itself at a crossroads with President Putin set for
another term in off‌ice but domestic economic and political challenges
mounting. Alexander Titov reports.
In March 2018, Russia will hold
presidential elections. The incumbent,
Vladimir Putin, is expected to run
and win. The Russian constitution,
adopted in 1993 after a violent clash with
supporters of the old Soviet parliament,
gives an extraordinary amount of power to
the president’s oce. Putin has consolidated
even more informal power during his 17
years in oce. Big business, mass media and
rival political parties have all been brought
to heel, while power and material resources
have been carved up amongst people loyal
to him.
All the while, Vladimir Putin has remained
one of the most popular leaders in Russian
history. In large part this has been due to the
fact that his policies, from cutting oligarchs
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