Toppling Russia’s Modernizers
Even Russia's supposed "modernizers," like President Dmitri Medvedev, share the belief, common to the country's political elite, that Russians are not ready to assume the responsibilities of citizenship. Once again, all the formulas for Western-type democracy depend on the will of an enlightened and benevolent czar - the role that Medvedev now seeks.
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MOSCOW – Russian President Dmitri Medvedev’s decision to fire Moscow’s long entrenched mayor, Yuri Luzhkov, is the most decisive move he has made in his presidency. Is it really part of his drive to modernize Russia, or part of an emerging power play with Moscow’s real strong man, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin?