, democracy, and corruption since Russia began transition, to these benchmarks in all other post-socialist countries since they …Shleifer and Treisman (2005) argue that Russia is a quot;normal country.quot; Their benchmark for normalcy, however … experience of other post-socialist transition countries, which share common political and economic histories with Russia, and …

authoritarian regression in two of collapsology’s “crucial cases” – inter-war Germany and post-communist Russia. Instead, (a) a … Germany, we can find in today’s Russia fascist actors and widespread nationalism among the population. In current Russia, in … country to become a liberal democracy, but makes it also improbable that the Russian regime will transgress into fascism …