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Jusqu'au bout ! = Ispoved' na zadannouiou temou
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ISBN: 2702118747 9782702118740 Year: 1990 Publisher: Paris: Calmann-Lévy,

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Yeltsin's Russia and the West
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ISBN: 0313013845 9780313013843 1280315407 9781280315404 9786610315406 661031540X 9798216039891 Year: 2002 Publisher: Westport, Conn. Praeger

Boris Yeltsin and Russia's democratic transformation
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ISBN: 0295801301 9780295801308 0295986379 9780295986371 9780802093042 0802093043 Year: 2007 Publisher: Seattle ; London University of Washington Press


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The less you know, the better you sleep : Russia's road to terror and dictatorship under Yeltsin and Putin
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ISBN: 9780300211429 0300211422 9780300221145 0300221142 9780300221145 Year: 2016 Publisher: New Haven, Conn. Yale University Press

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In December 2013, David Satter became the first American journalist to be expelled from Russia since the Cold War. The Moscow Times said it was not surprising he was expelled, "it was surprising it took so long." Satter is known in Russia for having written that the apartment bombings in 1999, which were blamed on Chechens and brought Putin to power, were actually carried out by the Russian FSB security police. In this book, Satter tells the story of the apartment bombings and how Boris Yeltsin presided over the criminalization of Russia, why Vladimir Putin was chosen as his sucessor, and how Putin has suppressed all opposition while retaining the appreance of a pluralist state. As the threat represented by Russia becomes increasingly clear, Satter's description of where Russia is and how it got there will be of vital interest to anyone concerned about the dangers facing the world today.

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Politics and government. --- Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich, --- Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, --- Russia (Federation) --- Russie --- Politics and government --- Politique et gouvernement --- Internal politics --- Russian Federation --- Russia --- Dictatorship --- Absolutism --- Autocracy --- Tyranny --- Authoritarianism --- Despotism --- Totalitarianism --- Elʹcin, Boris Nikolaevič --- Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovič --- Since 1991 --- Elʹcin, Boris N. --- Elʹcin, B. N. --- El'cin, Boris --- Eltsin, B. N. --- Eltsin, Boris Nikolaevich --- El'tsin, Boris Nikolaevich --- Eltsine, Boris --- Eltsine, Boris Nikolaevitch --- Elzin, Boris N. --- Enxin, Bôrít --- Jelzin, Boris N. --- Yeltsin, Boris --- Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich --- Eľcin, Boris Nikolaevič --- Elcin, Boris N. --- El'cin, Boris N. --- Jelzin, Boris --- Yelzin, Boris --- Elʹcin, Boris --- Jelzin, Boris Nikolajewitsch --- Jelcyn, Borys --- エリツィン, ボリス --- Politiker --- Butka --- Moskau --- Suchanov, Lev --- Elʹcina, Naina Iosifovna --- 01.02.1931-23.04.2007 --- 1931-2007 --- Elʹt͡sin, B. N. --- Elʹt͡sin, Boris Nikolaevich, --- Eltsine, Boris, --- Enxin, Bôrít, --- Jeltsin, Boris, --- Jelzin, Boris, --- Poetin, Vladimir Vladimirovitsj, --- Poutine, Vladimir Vladimirovitch, --- Pujing, --- Putin, V. V. --- Putin, Volodymyr, --- Putin, Wladimir Wladimirowitsch, --- Putinas, Vladimiras, --- Путин, Владимир Владимирович, --- Elʹt︠s︡in, B. N. --- Elʹt︠s︡in, Boris Nikolaevich, --- Ельцин, Борис Николаевич, --- ילצין, בוריס ניקולייביץ׳, --- Poetin, Vladimir Vladimirovitsj --- Poutine, Vladimir Vladimirovitch --- Powtin, Vladimir Vladimiri --- Pūchin, Urajīmiru Urajīmirovuichi --- Pucin, Uladzimir Uladzimiravič --- Putin, Blantimir Blantimirobits --- Putin, Vladimir --- Putin, Vladimir V. --- Putin, Vladimir Vladimiroviç --- Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich --- Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovici --- Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovitš --- Putin, Vladimiry fyrt Vladimir --- Putin, Volodymyr Volodymyrovyč --- Putin, Wladimir --- Putin, Wladimir W. --- Putin, Wladimir Wladimirowitsch --- Putinas, Vladimiras Vladimirovicius --- Putini, Vladimir Vladimiris je --- Putins, Vladimirs Vladimira dēls --- Putyin, Vlagyimir Vlagyimirovics --- Путин, Владимир В. --- Путин, Владимир --- Staatspräsident --- Rechtswissenschaft --- Leningrad --- Sowjetunion --- 1952 --- -07.10.1952 --- -Since 1991 --- Enxin, Bôrít --- Eľcin, Boris Nikolaevič --- エリツィン, ボリス --- Ingenieur --- -Elʹcin, Boris N.

The strategy of campaigning : lessons from Ronald Reagan and Boris Yeltsin
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ISBN: 1282591592 9786612591594 0472025856 9780472025855 0472116274 9780472116270 0472033190 9780472033195 9781282591592 Year: 2007 Publisher: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press,

Gorbachev and Yeltsin as leaders
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ISBN: 0521814863 0521892449 1139085468 0511613539 9780521892445 9780521814867 9780511613531 Year: 2002 Publisher: Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge university press,

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Gorbachev and Yeltsin as Leaders examines the strategies employed by Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin to build leadership authority. Political leaders often use a combination of coercion, material reward, and persuasion, but Professor Breslauer focuses on the power of ideas, as leaders use them to mobilize support and to craft an image as effective problem solvers, indispensable consensus builders, and symbols of national unity. In Khrushchev and Brezhnev as Leaders: Building Authority in Soviet Politics (1982), he documented Khrushchev's and Brezhnev's domestic policy strategies; this book handles domestic and foreign policies. All chapters compare Gorbachev and Yeltsin and Khrushchev and Brezhnev, mostly analyzing the changes in policy, the strategies, and the political dilemmas that are common to all four administrations. The book discusses the ways in which authority building was affected by political constraints unique to each of the stages.

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Gorbachev, Mikhail --- Yeltsin, Boris --- Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, --- Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich, --- Soviet Union --- Russia (Federation) --- Politics and government --- Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevitch --- Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich --- 1985-1991 --- 1991 --- -Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevitch --- -Yeltsin, Boris --- Social Sciences --- Political Science --- Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, - 1931 --- -Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich, - 1931-2007 --- Soviet Union - Politics and government - 1985-1991 --- Russia (Federation) - Politics and government - 1991 --- -Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, --- Горбачев, Михаил Сергеевич --- Gorbatchev, Mikhaïl --- Gorbačov, Michail, --- Gorbatschow, Michail, --- Gorbachev, M. S. --- Gorbachov, Mikhail, --- Gorbachov, M. S., --- Gorbaciov, Michail Sergeevic, --- Gorbachev, Mijaíl, --- Ko-erh-pa-chʻiao-fu, --- Ghūrbātshūf, --- Gorbatsjov, Michail, --- Gorbaczow, Michaił, --- Jūrbātshūf, Mīkhāʼīl, --- Gorbaciov, Mikhail Sergejevic, --- Gorubachofu, Mihairu, --- Gorbachov, Mijail S., --- Kō̜kbāsep, Mikhāʻīn, --- Gkormpatsoph, M., --- Gorbačëv, Michail, --- Gorbacsov, Mihail, --- Ko-pa-chʻi-fu, M., --- Gorbats'ov, Mikhaʼel, --- Gorbaciov, Mihail, --- Gorbachov, Michael, --- Gorbatxov, Mikhaïl Serguèievitx, --- Gorbatšov, Mihail, --- Горбачев, Михаил Сергеевич, --- גורבצ׳ב, מיכאל סרגייביץ׳, --- גורבצ׳וב --- 戈爾巴喬夫, --- Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich --- Elʹt︠s︡in, B. N. --- Elʹt︠s︡in, Boris Nikolaevich, --- Eltsine, Boris, --- Enxin, Bôrít, --- Jelzin, Boris, --- Ельцин, Борис Николаевич, --- ילצין, בוריס ניקולייביץ׳, --- Jeltsin, Boris,


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State building in Putin's Russia : policing and coercion after communism
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ISBN: 9780521760881 0521760887 9781139009072 9780511974144 9781107618046 9781139010122 1139010123 1139012401 1107216575 128301727X 9786613017277 1139009591 1139009079 1139007971 113900686X 0511974140 1107618045 Year: 2011 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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This book argues that Putin's strategy for rebuilding the state was fundamentally flawed. Taylor demonstrates that a disregard for the way state officials behave toward citizens - state quality - had a negative impact on what the state could do - state capacity. Focusing on those organizations that control state coercion, what Russians call the 'power ministries', Taylor shows that many of the weaknesses of the Russian state that existed under Boris Yeltsin persisted under Putin. Drawing on extensive field research and interviews, as well as a wide range of comparative data, the book reveals the practices and norms that guide the behavior of Russian power ministry officials (the so-called siloviki), especially law enforcement personnel. By examining siloviki behavior from the Kremlin down to the street level, State Building in Putin's Russia uncovers the who, where and how of Russian state building after communism.

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Post-communism --- Power (Social sciences) --- Federal government --- Police power --- Duress (Law) --- State, The --- Postcommunisme --- Pouvoir (Sciences sociales) --- Fédéralisme --- Police --- Contrainte (Droit) --- Etat --- History --- History. --- Histoire --- Pouvoirs --- Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, --- Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich, --- Political and social views. --- Influence. --- Russia (Federation) --- Russie --- Politics and government --- Politique et gouvernement --- Political and social views --- Influence --- Administration --- Commonwealth, The --- Sovereignty --- Political science --- Coercion (Law) --- Compulsion --- Criminal liability --- Law --- Necessity (Law) --- Threats --- Torts --- Undue influence --- Administrative law --- Constitutional law --- Municipal corporations --- Right of property --- Division of powers --- Federal-provincial relations --- Federal-state relations --- Federal systems --- Federalism --- Central-local government relations --- Decentralization in government --- State governments --- Empowerment (Social sciences) --- Political power --- Exchange theory (Sociology) --- Social sciences --- Sociology --- Consensus (Social sciences) --- Postcommunism --- World politics --- Communism --- Law and legislation --- Elʹt︠s︡in, B. N. --- Elʹt︠s︡in, Boris Nikolaevich, --- Eltsine, Boris, --- Enxin, Bôrít, --- Jelzin, Boris, --- Ельцин, Борис Николаевич, --- ילצין, בוריס ניקולייביץ׳, --- Putin, Wladimir Wladimirowitsch, --- Putin, Volodymyr, --- Pujing, --- Poutine, Vladimir Vladimirovitch, --- Путин, Владимир Владимирович, --- Putinas, Vladimiras, --- Fédéralisme --- Powers, Division of --- Provincial-federal relations --- State-federal relations --- Putin, V. V. --- Jeltsin, Boris, --- Poetin, Vladimir Vladimirovitsj, --- Social Sciences --- Political Science --- Post-communism - Russia (Federation) - History --- Power (Social sciences) - Russia (Federation) - History --- Federal government - Russia (Federation) - History --- Police power - Russia (Federation) - History --- Duress (Law) - Russia (Federation) - History --- State, The - History - 20th century --- State, The - History - 21st century --- Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, - 1952- - Political and social views --- Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich, - 1931-2007 - Influence --- Russia (Federation) - Politics and government - 1991 --- -Post-communism --- Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, - 1952 --- -Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich, - 1931-2007

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