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" Russians a strong state is not an anomaly which should be got rid of. Quite the contrary, they see it as a source and guarantor of order and the initiator and main driving force of any change. "
After Communism: Perspectives on Democracy (p) - Page 82
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Russia's Bitter Path to Modernity: A History of the Soviet and Post-Soviet Eras

Alexander Chubarov - 2001 - 340 pages
...habit to die." All this has conditioned an exceptionally important role of the state and its structures in the life of the country and its people: "For Russians a strong state is not an anomaly which should be got rid of. Quite the contrary, they see it as a source and guarantor of order and...
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Elections Without Order: Russia's Challenge to Vladimir Putin

Richard Rose, Neil Munro - 2002 - 276 pages
...order, Putin has sought to make himself effective by building a strong state with himself at the centre: Our state and its institutions and structures have...For Russians, a strong state is not an anomaly to be gotten rid of. Quite the contrary, it is a source of order and main driving force of any change (Putin,...
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The New Russia: A Handbook of Economic and Political Developments

Ian Jeffries - 2002 - 660 pages
...wants a restoration of a guiding and regulatory role of the state . . . Our state and its institutions have always played an exceptionally important role in the life of the country and its people ... [There is need for] a comprehensive system of state regulation of the economy ... [Russians] are...
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Regions and Powers: The Structure of International Security

Barry Buzan, Ole Wæver - 2003 - 598 pages
...ever happens at all, that Russia will become the second edition of, say, the US or Britain in which liberal values have deep historic traditions. Our...people. For Russians a strong state is not an anomaly, which should be got rid of. Quite the contrary, they see it as a source and guarantor of order and...
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Imagining America: Influence and Images in Twentieth-century Russia

Alan M. Ball - 2003 - 332 pages
...the US or Britain in which liberal values have deep historic traditions. Our state and its institutes and structures have always played an exceptionally...people. For Russians a strong state is not an anomaly which should be got rid of. —Vladimir Putin In 1893, long before he thought much about Russia, Theodore...
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Putin: Russia's Choice

Richard Sakwa - 2004 - 324 pages
...of the state lay at the centre of Putin's activity as president. In his manifesto he insisted that Russia will not become a second edition of, say, the...important role in the life of the country and its people. . . . Russians are alarmed by the obvious weakening of state power. The public looks forward to a certain...
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Public Policy And Law in Russia: In Search of a Unified Legal And Political ...

Robert S. Sharlet, F. J. Ferdinand Joseph Maria Feldbrugge, Donald D. Barry - 2005 - 333 pages
...acting president following El'tsin's resignation, Putin stressed the need for a strong, law-based state: Our state and its institutions and structures have...people. For Russians a strong state is not an anomaly that should be eliminated. Quite the contrary, they see it as a source and guarantor of order and the...
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Russia's Foreign Policy: Change and Continuity in National Identity

Andrei P. Tsygankov - 2006 - 250 pages
...state's ability to exercise its power, whereas democracy comes second. Our state anil its institutions have always played an exceptionally important role...the country and its people. For Russians a strong slate in not an anomaly that should lxj gotten rid of. Quite the contrary, they see il as a source...
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Inside Putin's Russia: Can There Be Reform without Democracy?

Andrew Jack - 2005 - 384 pages
...statement in 1999, he criticised totalitarianism and pledged his commitment to democracy, but added: 'Russia will not become a second edition of, say,...where liberal values have deep historic traditions . . . For Russians, a strong state is not an anomaly to be got rid of. Quite the contrary, it is a...
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