Table of Contents

1. Putin’s Leadership: Character and Consequences Richard Sakwa 2. Putin’s Legacy and Russia’s Identity Alfred B. Evans, Jr 3. Party Politics in Russia: From Competition to Hierarchy Vladimir Gel’man 4. ‘It’s the Economy, Comrade!’ Parties and Voters in the 2007 Russian Duma Election Ian McAllister and Stephen White 5. Patronage and the Party of Power: President–Parliament Relations Under Vladimir Putin Thomas Remington 6. Adaptive Federalism and Federation in Putin’s Russia Elena Chebankova 7. Corruption and Organised Crime in Putin’s Russia Leslie Holmes 8. Changes in Elite Patterns Oxana Gaman-Golutvina 9. Putin’s Economic Record: Is the Oil Boom Sustainable? Peter Rutland 10. Russian Policy in Central Asia and the Caspian Sea Region Andrei Kazantsev 11. Restoration and Revolution in Putin’s Foreign Policy Angela E. Stent 12. Russia–EU: The Partnership That Went Astray Fyodor Lukyanov