Putin Research Paper

Russian democracy is all but dead. Vladimir Putin killed it with his totalitarian tendencies, and Western leaders have been unwilling to intervene. For a few years after the 1991 fall of Soviet communism, Russia was a mess but promising experiment in democracy. In 2000 Putin ascended to the presidency. From that situation, the former KGB agent undermined fair elections, corrupted the independent judiciary co-opted the independent media, stole the assets of oligarchs who defied him, and killed hundreds of people in hostage situations in 2002 and 2004. In 2008 Putin gave up the presidency after reaching his constitutional limit of two four year terms. He took the role of prime minister and stripped any semblance of democracy from Russian society.

“ Putin benefited so much from economic and political engagement with the West that he was practically unassailable at home.”

Putin ruined there democracy as himself president. He had to much control and did not know what to do. Putin has a lot of experience now than he did a long time ago but he still did not fix this problem. Russia is not doing what they need to do in their economy right now. Putin may not be able to fix what he had started.

Russian authorities showed shockingly little regard for innocent lives in 2004. Chechen terrorist captured some 1,100 hostages. They caught children at a school in North osetia a province near Georgia. The terrorist demanded independence for Chechnya and a withdrawal of Russian troops.On the third day of the attack, two explosions rocked the school and a fire blazed for hours. Early versions blamed the terrorists, saying bombshell reports gone off by accident or that a sniper shot a terrorist, who set off a bomb. Russian officials gave contradictory reports about what happened, but the truth eventually emerged.

Russian officials gave contradictory reports about what happened, but the truth eventually