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Published in: oDRRussians, be horrified at yourselves!Russia’s problems are many and varied – low life expectancy and falling population figures, soaring rates for crime,...
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Published in: oDRFlowers on a dung heap: markets, politicians and the demise of Russian rural lifeThe economic and political transformations of the 1990s onwards have allowed much of the Russian countryside to die...
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Published in: oDRRussian economy: trying to please people doesn’t help20 years ago there was all to play for: the USSR was defunct and Russia was embarking on a bright future. But the...
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Published in: oDRPrivatisation, but no private propertyPrivatisation was one of the beacon words of Yeltsin’s presidency, but, with the possible exception of housing,...
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Published in: oDRIs corruption in Russia's DNA?It is difficult to think back to a time when corruption was not endemic in Russia. It is now crippling the country,...
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Published in: oDRThe Russian banking system: between the market and the stateFor the last 20 years Russian attitudes to banks have been ambivalent. From no trust at all to feverish delight at...
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Published in: oDRRussian reforms, twenty years onDmitry Travin presents a new week-long series on openDemocracy Russia
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Published in: oDRRussia’s crony capitalism: the swing of the pendulumCronyism has always played a significant part in Russian political and economic life, so the arrival on the scene 20...
