Freedom, repression, and private property in Russia / Vladimir Shlapentokh, Michigan State University, Anna Arutunyan, Independent journalist.

Contents Private property and big money in political regimes in Soviet and post-Soviet Russia: a theoretical overview -- Ideology and public opinion in a centralized society and in a fragmented society -- Corruption, the power of state and big business in the Soviet and post-Soviet regimes -- Enemies and the issue of legitimization in the Soviet and post-Soviet regimes -- Political police before and after -- Treatment of strikers in Soviet and post-Soviet times: Novocherkassk and Mezhdurechensk -- Foreign policy: the geopolitical factor before and money after -- A freedom which Putin dearly loves - "the right to leave his country".
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 195-204) and index.
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LCCN 2013007198
ISBN9781107042148 (hardback : alkaline paper)