Vladimir M. Lysenko was formerly co-chair of the Republican Party of Russia and was elected in December 1993 as a deputy to the State Duma as a member of the Yabloko coalition.
Does the election of Vladimir Putin as Russia’s president represent a fundamental turn away from democracy or merely a temporary setback? Although Putin’s apparent indifference to democracy is worrisome, it…
A year after the election that ended the rule of president Mikheil Saakashvili’s National Movement, Georgia has seen further remarkable developments that raise key questions for struggling postcommunist democracies and,…
