Respect for the individual person and individualism -- Human rights and individual rights -- Freedom from want and freedom of choice -- Equality and respect for differences -- Democracy and the democratic process -- Law and order

Why are informal practices still prevalent in Russia? -- Chernyi piar : dirty campaigning and the workings of Russian democracy -- Kompromat : the use of compromising information in informal politics -- Krugovaia poruka : sustaining the ties of joint responsibility -- Tenevoi barter : shadow...