Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia has developed a powerful business community and a potent network of transnational organized groups.
Russian Business Power explores the powerful impact these new actors are having on the evolution of the Russian state and its foreign behaviour. Unlike other books, which focus either on Russia's foreign and security policy, or on the evolution of Russian business, legal and illegal, within the context of Russia's domestic transition, this book considers how far Russia's foreign and security policy is shaped by business. It...
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia has developed a powerful business community and a potent network of transnational organized groups. ...
A concise overview of Putin's policies and analytical studies of their success or failure in each of the seven federal okrugs that he created in May 2000 to impose greater federal control over the regions.
A concise overview of Putin's policies and analytical studies of their success or failure in each of the seven federal okrugs that he created in May 2...
A concise overview of Putin's policies and analytical studies of their success or failure in each of the seven federal okrugs that he created in May 2000 to impose greater federal control over the regions.
A concise overview of Putin's policies and analytical studies of their success or failure in each of the seven federal okrugs that he created in May 2...
Russia is divided into seven federal districts encompassing 89 units -- regions (oblasts), territories (krais), and republics. As central power has weakened, the importance of these units and their local leadership has increased commensurately.
This work brings together in one volume all basic political, economic, and demographic data on every territorial unit of the Russian Federation, its local government structure, and electoral history current through the spring 2000 elections and the summer 2000 reorganization. Each entry includes an extensive profile of the president, governor, or...
Russia is divided into seven federal districts encompassing 89 units -- regions (oblasts), territories (krais), and republics. As central power has we...
President Vladimir Putin s Olympic venture put the workings of contemporary Russia on vivid display. The Sochi Olympics were designed to symbolize Russia s return to great power status, but subsequent aggression against Ukraine, large-scale corruption, and the doping scandal have become the true legacies of the games. Putin s style of governance through mega-projects has had deleterious consequences for the country s development. Placing the Sochi games into the larger context of Olympic history, this book examines the political, security, business, ethnic, societal, and international...
President Vladimir Putin s Olympic venture put the workings of contemporary Russia on vivid display. The Sochi Olympics were designed to symbolize ...
Urban areas in Arctic Russia are experiencing unprecedented social and ecological change. This collection outlines the key challenges that city managers will face in navigating this shifting political, economic, social, and environmental terrain.
Urban areas in Arctic Russia are experiencing unprecedented social and ecological change. This collection outlines the key challenges that city manage...
Urban areas in Arctic Russia are experiencing unprecedented social and ecological change. This collection outlines the key challenges that city managers will face in navigating this shifting political, economic, social, and environmental terrain.
Urban areas in Arctic Russia are experiencing unprecedented social and ecological change. This collection outlines the key challenges that city manage...
