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February 12, 2010
Russia Profile Weekly Experts Panel: Back to the Future
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The Institute for Contemporary Development, a Russian think tank that claims to speak for President Dmitry Medvedev (he chairs the Institute’s Board of Directors, while his loyal aide Arkady Dvorkovich sits on the Board), released a report last week that paints a picture of Russia’s political future under a successful modernization program launched by Medvedev. The report’s suggestions draw obvious parallels with the policies of the 1990s. In fact, the authors claim the Russia needs “to go back to Boris Yeltsin’s Constitution” to ensure political competition as a prerequisite for economic modernization. But is this premise correct? What is the connection between a complete overhaul of the existing political system in Russia and Russia’s economic progress? Is there a link between political freedom and innovation?

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