United Russia
Putin to return to power with damaged credibility and legitimacy
January 31, 2012Putin’s faltering return In May 2011 we argued for a modest advance in Russian democracy, namely that both Medvedev and Putin should stand as candidates to offer a modicum of choice between, roughly speaking, modernisation versus continuity. For...
Any collaboration is welcome if it is not detrimental to the national interests of the R.M.
September 18, 2010By Andrei Munteanu Recently signed agreement between the Democrat Party of Moldova and "United Russia", in Moscow, by Marian Lupu, marks a new experience for the R.M., and probably for the perception of our country in the eyes of our development...
Moscow feeling ‘ground is shifting under its feet’
March 03, 2010By Paul Goble Popular protests in Kaliningrad, Pikalevo, Baikalsk and other cities have left the powers that be in Moscow feeling that “the ground is shifting under [their] feet,” generating fear in some quarters and hope in others that...
Ukraine – the Neighbor and the Neighborhood
February 01, 2010By Edward Lucas, CEPA Senior Fellow Why does Ukraine’s presidential election matter for the United States and Central Europe? No blatant fraud. Diverse mass media. An election result that is not predetermined. Leading candidates who support...
Moscow wary of Ukrainian democracy
January 18, 2010By Pavel K. Baev Russia Reflects on the Presidential Elections in Ukraine The outcome of the first round of elections in Ukraine is fairly clear, despite the usual procrastination with confirming the results, but it could have more impact on Russia...
Russia signals support for Moldovan presidential candidate Lupu
November 30, 2009By Vladimir Socor On November 21-22 in St. Petersburg, the Moldovan governing alliance’s candidate for head of state, Marian Lupu, attended the congress of Russia’s party of power, United Russia, which is officially headed by Prime Minister...
United Russia: Russia isn’t a Democracy and Needn’t Become One
June 10, 2009By Paul Goble Russia should not be considered a democracy nor does it need to pursue democratization in the immediate future, according to a report prepared by a Moscow group which enjoys close links to and thus may well reflect the thinking of Vladimir...
Could United Russia Go the Way of the CPSU?
May 27, 2009By Paul Goble Twenty years to the day after the Congress of Peoples Deputies opened the way to the end of Communist Party of the Soviet Union, a leader of the United Russia Party says his group “does not want to repeat [that] path...