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Midnight on 31 December 1991 saw the hammer and sickle flag of the USSR lowered over the Kremlin and the old imperial Russian white, blue and red tricolour raised in its place. This event marked the symbolic end to communist rule, and, optimists hoped, the rebirth of political democracy in Russia. However Russia’s new leaders, in particular President Yeltsin, faced formidable challenges in developing the political system in a democratic direction.
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Wyman, M. (2000). Public Opinion and Political Institutions. In: Robinson, N. (eds) Institutions and Political Change in Russia. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780333977941_9
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