Commentary
Maria Lipman
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How Russia is Not Ukraine: The Closing of Russian Civil Society
The Russian state is incapable of following Ukraine's path toward democracy, marked recently by the "Orange Revolution," due to rising authoritarian tendencies, marginalized human rights movements, and co-opted civil society.
By Maria Lipman
Published on Jan 25, 2005
Lipman examines the recent evolution of Russia's politcal and social culture and compares it to the democratic developments in neighboring Ukraine. Lipman argues that the Russian state is incapable of following Ukraine's path due to rising authoritarian tendencies, marginalized human rights movements, and co-opted civil society.
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About the Author
Masha Lipman is a Scholar-In-Residence at the Moscow Carnegie Center. She works on problems of civil society, a program that aims to study a number of Russian regions and to assess the current state of civil society in the country.
About the Author
Maria Lipman
Former Scholar in Residence, Society and Regions Program, Editor in Chief, Pro et Contra, Moscow Center
Lipman was the editor in chief of the Pro et Contra journal, published by the Carnegie Moscow Center. She was also the expert of the Carnegie Moscow Center’s Society and Regions Program.
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