12 / 12 / 2011
Russia’s post-BRIC election
"Russia in 2010 was as corrupt as Papua New Guinea, had the property rights of Kenya and was as competitive as Sri Lanka. As Putin readies himself to retake the presidency he must also work out how to deal with a country that is now firmly post-BRIC. With the results for the Russian parliamentary election almost all counted, it is clear that Vladimir Putin and his party United Russia have received both another landslide victory and a bruising defeat". Read more
By Ben Judah and Jana Kobzova, European Council on Foreign Relations, 8 December 2011