international actors (namely the European Union (EU) and Russia) can explain the persistence of the authoritarian regime in Belarus … significant Russian influence. Apart from the absence of substantial linkages between Belarus and the EU, such factors as Russia …

Yegor Gaidar, former prime minister of Russia and architect of the ?shock therapy? economic reforms of the 1990s. Yet …

This book sheds new light on the political economy of Russia under Putin's rule. The author, a former EU diplomat … book discusses Russia's budgetary policy, its dependence on the export of natural resources, state-owned enterprises and … their privileges, and Russia’s external trade. This hard-hitting, substantial analysis debunks the myth of Russia's economic …

Democracy -- Transitions to Liberal Democracy -- Liberalizing Property Rights in Tsarist Russia -- Chapter 2 - The Property …