Abstract
Rosefielde (Univ. of North Carolina) and [Hedlund] (Uppsala Universitet) offer an interesting interpretation of post-Soviet Russia. They eschew the standard argument that Putin seized upon public dissatisfaction with the flawed implementation of the Yeltsin-era market reforms to reestablish nondemocratic rule. They argue instead that Muscovite Russia provides a model for understanding the period from Gorbachev to Putin.