The presidential elections in Russia, Russian society's choice in favor of democracy and reforms, were a vivid demonstration of the disintegration of political forces and social preferences. July 1996 became a significant milepost of social development on a par with August 1991 and October 1917....

The occasionally sharp and heated discussion of economic questions at the Twenty-eighth Congress of the CPSU has not yet become a part of history. It is part of current political life. But it is simply essential for history to verify it, for the logic of economic history to verify it. Perhaps...

Problems of regional development are becoming more and more topical at the current stage of economic reforms in Russia. The regional differentiation of business conditions, the standards of living of the population and its political aspirations are great today. This trend will most likely be...