Medvedev Will Not Bring Change to Russia
Masha Lipman, Carnegie Moscow | March 27, 2008
Medvedev will not transform a system created by his mentor, to which he contributed, and thanks to which he enjoys uncontested primacy. ++ Only economic difficulties and hostility to the intended modernization could bolster conservative opposition and result in change. ++ Russia's political future will depend on the executive team's ability to sustain growth, but liberalization remains unlikely.
