English Abstract: This article is devoted studying of features and tendencies of functioning of the state bureaucracy … in modern Russia. The hypothesis of this study is that during the presidency of Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev may be … called a time of prosperity of the state bureaucracy (especially its higher layer), golden decade of Russian officialdom …

electoral authoritarianism. Building on the formal literature on democratization, this paper introduces a model in which a … dictator chooses between closed authoritarianism, electoral authoritarianism, and democracy in the shadow of violent revolt and … demands of citizens and thus the likelihood of popular revolt. The distinguishing feature of electoral authoritarianism is …

authoritarian capitalist regimes such as contemporary China and Russia. This idea, however, does not tell us much about these … attempt to strengthen its legitimacy via building formal institutions. For Russia, the incoherence of its ideological …

From Alexander II to Gorbatchev: The Economic History of Modern Russia -- Post-Soviet Industrial Policy: From the Red … -- The Russian Petro-State -- The Liberalization of Russia’s Electricity Market -- The State Controlled Banks and the State …This book sheds new light on the political economy of Russia under Putin’s rule. The author, a former EU diplomat …