The Consolidation of Dictatorship in Russia: An Inside View of the Demise of Democracy

by Irina Khakamada, Joel M. Ostrow, Georgiy Satarov, et al.

The still-prevailing notion among Western powers, including the United States, is that Russia is a democracy, or at least that it remains in the process of democratization. Nothing could be further from the truth, as Ostrow, Satarov, and Khakamada demonstrate in The Consolidation of Dictatorship in Russia. Journalists critical of Vladimir Putin's dictatorship, such as Anna Politkovskaya, are murdered. Nearly 100 investigative journalists,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313345945
• ISBN13: 9780313345944
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.5"