United Russia: Ruling Party (Part III)
(Continued from Part II) United Russia came under fire after the October 2009 regional elections. Despite the sluggish economy and an uptick in public protests…
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Amy Stidger holds a B.A. in History with a minor in Russian from the University of Texas at Arlington. She attended SRAS's Translate Abroad Program in spring of 2010.
United Russia: Ruling Party (Part II)
(Continued from Part I) After this, many independents flocked to join the party over the next year, despite Unity having no concrete policy agenda besides…
United Russia: Ruling Party
United Russia was founded in December 2001 primarily as a vehicle to support Vladimir Putin, who had assumed the presidency of Russia after Boris Yeltsin’s…