The purpose of this paper is to find out major obstacles of the development of democracy in the New Russia. To analyse this problem, the author focused on the institutional characteristics and political culture. The institutional framework which has b...
The purpose of this paper is to find out major obstacles of the development of democracy in the New Russia. To analyse this problem, the author focused on the institutional characteristics and political culture. The institutional framework which has been shaped after the adoption of 1993 Constitution is main source of the retardation of democracy in the New Russia. Russian political culture is also evaluated as an important obstacle of democracy. However, this analysis cautioned the tendency of positioning political culture factor as a constant variable for the procrastination of Russian democracy.