POL 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Yukos, Gazprom Neft
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Putin (pm) became the acting president because russia has no vp. Yeltsin knew putin would have the best chance to win if he was the incumbent. Election pushed from june to march, which gave putin an advantage. A lot of hostility between russia and chechen, a small, muslim ethnic region. Putin conducted second chechen war in oct 1999. As russia invaded chechen, his approval rating rose a lot right before the. In 2000 presidential election, putin got 53% of the vote in the first round. People looking for forward momentum, not a return to past. Failed to create institutions capable of sustaining democracy. Insider privatization of natural resource industries ( loans for shares ) Opposing view: russia"s return to the past. In 1999, putin had the majority in duma. First: working with duma majority, putin implements laws to strengthen the legal basis for market economy. Hereafter, increasingly difficult for opposition parties/candidates to gain.
