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The consolidation of dictatorship in Russia : an inside view of the demise of democracy by Joel M Ostrow
“Coauthors Ostrow (Benedictine Univ.), Satarov (Information for Democracy Foundation, Moscow), and Khakamada (former People's Deputy, Russian State Duma) are highly critical of the current state of Russian political development. It is no coincidence that Gary Kasparov, a former world chess champion who became part of the opposition to the present government in Russia, wrote a foreword to this extremely one-sided, anti-Putin book. One of the major points of this study is that dictatorship in Russia has emerged. The authors argue that the word democracy is irrelevant to what Russia is today..." - Editorial Reviews
“Coauthors Ostrow (Benedictine Univ.), Satarov (Information for Democracy Foundation, Moscow), and Khakamada (former People's Deputy, Russian State Duma) are highly critical of the current state of Russian political development. It is no coincidence that Gary Kasparov, a former world chess champion who became part of the opposition to the present government in Russia, wrote a foreword to this extremely one-sided, anti-Putin book. One of the major points of this study is that dictatorship in Russia has emerged. The authors argue that the word democracy is irrelevant to what Russia is today..." - Editorial Reviews