This landing page features a new series of Commons Library briefings on the policies, capabilities and programmes of the nuclear weapon states.
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The Russian crisis and Putin’s third term (198 KB, PDF)
• The authorities made some efforts to ensure that electoral fraud in the presidential election was not as blatant as in the parliamentary election
• There were many reports of abuses and the Russian system remains profoundly undemocratic, but Vladimir Putin was the most popular candidate
• Russia’s economic problems, closely linked to the country’s politics, are severe.
• In the longer term it is difficult to see how the problems can be addressed without profound reform, particularly to ensure the rule of law and the protection of individual rights
• Russian corruption makes that reform very difficult to achieve, but popular dissent is unlikely to go away
• A weaker Putin may resort to foreign policy to demonstrate strength and appeal to nationalistic support: this may make relations with western countries more difficult in the coming years.
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The Russian crisis and Putin’s third term (198 KB, PDF)
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