RUSSIA: Hybrid political system has autocratic bent

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  • 'Sovereign democracy'
  • 'Managed democracy'
  • 'Administrative resource'
  • Political culture
  • Primacy of power
  • Obsessive control
  • Elite mentality
  • Power without responsibility
  • Corruption and cronyism
  • Personalisation of power
  • Collectivism
  • Absence of opposition
  • Instrumentalisation of ideas
  • Democratic record
  • Electoral processes
  • Non-separation of powers
  • Pseudo-pluralism
  • Weak political parties
  • Virtual civil society
  • Media manipulation
  • Super-centralisation
  • De-democratisation
  • Apologists for Putin
  • Indecision
  • Third way
  • 2008 test
  • Re-employment
  • Eminence grise
  • Honoured retirement

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