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Russia must combine the principles of a market economy and democracy
with Russia’s realities |
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Mechanical copying of other nations’ experience does not guarantee
success |
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Reforms should take into account the political culture of the
overwhelming majority of Russians |
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This culture combines “traditional Russian values” with “universal
general humanitarian values” brought by modernization and
westernization |
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Russia’s collectivist ethos has “always prevailed over
individualism” |
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Russian collectivism is a form of corporatism, based on
paternalistic relations between the state and society |
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“For Russians a strong state is a source and guarantor of order and
the initiator and main driving force of any change” |
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The state is “an efficient coordinator of the country’s economic and
social forces that balances out their interests, optimizes the aims
and parameters of social development and creates conditions and
mechanisms of their attainment” |
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Putin’s accent on gradualism emphasizes the need for political
stability, social accord, and ensuring decent living standards for
Russian citizens |
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Putin is a rational politician who is both a statist and a liberal
conservative |
