Putin's Russia

by Shevtsova, Lilia; Bouis, Antonina W.

• ISBN13: 9780870032134
• ISBN10: 0870032135
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-01
• Publisher: Carnegie Endowment for Intl Peace

Summary

This revised edition includes and examination of the recent presidential and parliamentary elections and their effects on Putin's leadership and Russia.Praise for the previous edition:"Out of her blunt, often acerbic, account come shrewd insights into Putin's transformation from an implausible, contrived successor into a dominator unchallenged by oligarchs, legislators, or regional bosses, let alone a democratic opposition." --Foreign Affairs"Shevtsova is one of the most astute and independent-mindedobservers of the Russian political scene." --Times Literary Supplement"Offers many insights into Kremlin court politics, as well asMr. Putin and his foes." --The Economist"This well-informed Russian observer offers a straightforward situation report. Shevtsova's scorecard will interest serious Russia watchers." --Booklist"An insightful account of how the Russian president is swaying on a pendulum between reform and stability." --Survival"A timely, expert book." --Washington Post

Author Biography

Lilia Shevtsova is a senior associate in the Russian and Eurasian Program at the Carnegie Endowment working from Carnegie offices in Washington, D.C. and Moscow.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Jessica T. Mathews
Acknowledgments	xv
Prologue	3	(4)
The Kremlin's Power Play	7	(37)
Yeltsin on the wane
The Primakov formula
Who runs Russia?
The Kremlin seeks an heir
The Bank of New York scandal
Enter Putin
Russia wants order
The uses of war
The End of the Yeltsin Era	44	(25)
The parliamentary elections of 1999
The difficult fate of Russian liberals
The Communist Party as a still powerful element
Yeltsin amazes everyone and departs
What Yeltsin leaves to his heir
Putin, the New Russian Leader	69	(35)
Presidential elections without a choice
What course to take?
The new Kremlin spider web
Formation of the government
Taming of the governors
Whom to rely upon
The intelligentsia is concerned
The Moment of Truth	104	(30)
Putin repeals the taboo on persecution of the oligarchs
The victor in the boring wilderness
A harsh August and a feeling of suffocation
Reinforcing the superpresidential regime
Military reform
Power in One Fist	134	(29)
Chechnya as a trap
The government under the gun
The Soviet anthem
Putin enters the world
Why does the president want power?
Russia Tranquilized	163	(24)
Back to the kitchen
Society seeks calm
Russian Gaullism
Who loves Russia more?
Pogrom at NTV
Wax dummies
The Long-Awaited Breakthrough	187	(34)
Putin renews market reforms
Fighting bulldogs under the carpet
Moscow and Washington work it out
The Russian president chooses the West
Disturbing signs
The Kremlin's Ambiguity	221	(38)
The nature of stability
The grudges continue
New address to the nation as the reflection of the Kremlin's disorientation
Putin moves to the West, leaving the elites behind
Yeltsin is dissatisfied with his heir
New uncertainties
Chechnya again reminds Moscow about itself
The traditional Russian choice: Freedom or order?
Russia Goes Through New Elections	259	(35)
Putin considers his course
Why does Russia choose ``old Europe'' and disappoint America?
The Kremlin's ``anti-oligarch revolution.''
The December Duma elections---certain results in uncertain circumstances
The optimism of youth
Russia Has a New President---Again Putin	294	(28)
How to win an election by ignoring it
Firing the unsinkable Kasyanov
The liberals are paralyzed
Putin gets his new legitimacy, which again looks vulnerable
Moscow ponders its relations with the West
Russia and the European Union: dating without hope of marriage
From Oligarchic Authoritarianism to Bureaucratic Authoritarianism	322	(30)
Putinism as a continuation and rejection of Yeltsinism
The economics of growth without development
The social sphere: Degradation continues
Russia and the West in search of selective partnership
Did the president have an alternative?
The dangers of oversimplification
An evaluation of political leadership
New Agenda and New Disappointments	352	(44)
Russia wants democracy
The social Darwinism of power
Khodorkovsky repents
Liberalism versus neoconservatism
Chechnya: the ritual murder of Kadyrov
Are there parties left in Russia?
Putin's economic challenge
The banking crisis
Russian foreign policy: trial by ``new realism.''
The Beslan tragedy and its aftermath
Russia's Unfinished Story	396	(13)
The West---means and goal
The Faustian bargain
Will Russia be able to reject the Russian System?
Russia's hope
Notes	409	(30)
Index	439	(17)
About the Author	456	(1)
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace	457