The Political Regime Of Russia

After WW1, There was a power struggle for the leader of Russia. High level government workers Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky fought for the throne after the untimely death of Vladimir Lenin.

Throughout its long history, Russia has been trapped in a continuous cycle of authoritarian regimes; only interrupted briefly with periods of tumultuous democratic transitions that were plagued by poor bureaucracy and weak institutions. Therefore, time and time again, Russia has turned towards authoritarianism. In the late 1900’s to early 2000’s, Russia again saw the fall of democracy coincide with the rise of a competitive authoritarian regime. This rise of competitive authoritarianism in Russia in the late 1900’s to early 2000’s was largely the result of the resource curse which granted Putin’s Administration false economic performance legitimacy. This in turn reinvigorated past strongman ideals, while at the same time solidified negative

After the February revolution on 1917 which saw the abdication of the Tsar, Russia was in turmoil. It had gone (in a matter of days) from being one of the most

Tsar Nicholas II is thought to be personally responsible for the collapse of the Russian Monarchy. His nature wasn’t well suited for the role he held therefore he was an incompetent leader. Russia was undergoing many changes and was in early stages of industrialization. This was followed by an embarrassing string of defeats of which the Tsar was badly prepared. His unsuccessful involvement in the First World War added to the disappointment in the government’s incompetence and corruption. There were many opportunities for Russia to modernize but this would require political change, which the Tsar was unwilling to do. Nicholas had many opportunities throughout his reign to reform, but destroyed his last chance of survival.

The beginning of the 20th century brought radical changes to the social and political structure of autocratic Russia. It was a period of regression, reform, revolution and eradication. Eradication of a blood line that had remained in rule for over 300 years; the Romanov Dynasty. The central figure of this eradication was Tsar Nicholas II, often described as an incompetent leader, absent of the “commanding personality nor the strong character and prompt decision which are so essential to an autocratic ruler...” (Sir G. Buchman, British ambassador to Russia from 1910 in H. Seton-Watson, The

Russian Revolution From 1855 to late 1920’s Russia underwent many economic, political, and social changes that impacted the country as a whole immensely. Undergoing changes within Russia’s government; do to, shift in rule and leadership powers, taking on wars Russia is incapable of winning, and going through the era of change during the Russian Revolution, all showed Russia’s strong and weak points as an empire. The social causes and effects of the Russian Revolution all go back to the assassination of Alexander II.

In Putin’s Kleptocracy: Who Owns Russia?, Karen Dawisha relates Russian President Vladmir Putin’s rise to power. She overarchingly claims that Putin is an authoritarian leader who has obstructed and even reverted Russia’s path of democratization, citing, amongst many factors that enabled his ascension, his “interlocking web of personal connections in which he was the linchpin” (100), money-laundering to tax havens and personal projects, and the complicity of the West. With copious research, journalistic interviews, legal documents, and even sporadic informational diagrams, it is evident why her book is so popular amongst scholars and history enthusiasts. Unfortunately however, in spite of the grand yet oftentimes substantiated claims she generates, a more subtle yet noteworthy assumption is made: that the state is a protector, as Olson proffered. She employs this theoretical underpinning from the beginning, though is not representative of Putin’s actual authoritarian regime.

The concepts behind communism, in and of itself, appealed to American radicalists who felt that a lot of the existing discrimination was the result of capitalism and its effects on the workforce.

Russia, officially known as the Russian Federation, has a total area of 17,098,242 sq km (“The World Factbook”) and is the largest country in the world. It is about 1.8 times the size of the United States (“The World Factbook”). Most of Russia is either large stretches of plains or areas with a lot of forests and mountains, with the exception of the Siberian Tundra. It is difficult to perfectly describe Russia’s climate because of it’s large size. However, in general, the country only has two seasons, summer and winter. In the summer they have very warm, continental weather and they have very harsh winters with a lot of snow. Russia is plentiful in natural resources. They are particularly

The catastrophes of the past are the foundation of the future, events that occurred in the past cause people to envision a “better life” of not only for themselves but a society as a whole. By envisioning a better future individual rose up, advocated ideas, and policies that they believed would help in advancing their countries. For the purpose of this course, let us discuss the uprising of the Russian government and the European Council; both as single entities have their own goals, but collectively they seek to benefit their country(‘s) and promote prosperity, but through history and the changes of power has that aim been reached? Or if it is already has reached it, will these forms of government fail?

Originally NATO existed to combat Russia, however as time has passed Russia has proven to be less of the threat than it was made out to be. The only signs of aggression from Russia have not directly affected any NATO members. The real questions targeting NATO are: is Russia really a threat worth spending two percent of GDP to defend against? The second question is: are those countries that are making it to the two percent goal doing so for the collective defence of Europe. European military spending, as a whole, ultimately satisfies the defence of Europe relative to Russian spending, however U.S desires to maintain hegemony require higher spending by European states.

On the 24th of August, 1991 Russia gained its independence from the Soviet Union; the first step of many in its ongoing journey to become a stable and fair democracy. Russia’s current government is comprised of an Executive branch, Legislative branch, and Judicial branch. The Executive branch is composed of the Chief of State, Head of Government, and Cabinet. The cabinet is appointed by the President, or chief of state, and includes the premier. Currently, the Presidential position is occupied by Vladimir Putin, who has appointed Dmitry Medvedev as the current Premier. Currently, the Legislative branch consists of the State Duma and Federation branch, earning it a bicameral title. The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation with its 170

It is also important that there are two types of cyberterrorism, eradication of information (erasing) and the alteration of information (spoofing). The backup record system that the US Department of Energy employs is most likely performed daily, so the hacker would only succeed in destroying 24 hours of information which would not be worth the effort. The most likely action that a foreign hacker would follow would be spoofing, such as creating fake bank accounts or altering the processing system that is being hacked runs on.

Russia’s Return as a Superpower. There are concerns that Russia may once again “reassert itself militarily” (Wood 7). After the original fall of communism in 1991, Russia seemed to be on a path to democracy. Currently the notion of a democratic Russia seems to be fading as Russia “has been centralizing more and more power in the Kremlin” (Putin 2). Regional governors, who were once elected by the people, are now being appointed by Moscow.

Russia’s authoritative government has a strong grip on its domestic human resource environment, leading to several challenges and ambiguity in accepted business ethics and culture. These accepted business ethics and informal policies lead to foreign investors being weary of conducting business with Russian firms. Businesses seeking to expand and invest into Russia are driven away by the inability to trust Russia’s government as the Human Resources practices are not as modern and westernized as they would them to be. Russia’s HR policies are not up to date with around the world thus giving foreign MNE’s difficulty in wanting to create a business in Russia.