Goodrich C. White Professor of Political Science, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Vladimir Putin created the Popular Front as a reserve capacity for the electoral cycle – parliamentary and presidential elections. If United Russia undergoes a major transformation, which is possible, then we might see the Popular Front becoming the basis for some new governing party.
The contemporary protest movement is far less tied to the political personas of particular leaders than past movements. There is no common platform or organization for this opposition movement, a fact which reduces the danger that it will be captured by demagogues but which also makes it difficult for it to enter into dialogue with the authorities.
Politics in Russia is widely read in political science courses at U.S. universities. The seventh edition was released by the publishing house Pearson Education in 2011. In its nine chapters, the author examines various aspects of Russia’s political system.
