Table of Contents

List of Figures, List of Tables, About the Contributors, Preface, List of Abbreviations, 1. Introduction, 2. Vladimir Putin and the Future of the Presidency, 3. Nationalism and Democratisation in Post-Communist Russia, 4. Just the Rhetoric of Reform? The 'New Planning' in the Politics of the Yeltsin Era, 5. Farewell to Oligarchs? Presidency and Business Tycoons in Contemporary Russia, 6. Russian Industrial Privatisation: Strategy and Outcome, 7. Russia's Debt Problem and the Financial Constraints of Reform, 8. Vegetative Adaptation, Oil Prices and the Current Economic Situation in Russia, 9. Russia Compared to Soviet and World Standards, 10. Russian Military Power at the Turn of the Millennium, 11. Personality, Politics and Power: Foreign Policy under Putin, Bibliography, Index

About the Author

Vladimir Tikhomirov