What Kind of Government Does Russia Need? (Reflections of the Speaker)

Abstract

Rational organization of state authority is one of the principal conditions for overcoming the total crisis—economic, financial, social, political, cultural, and interethnic—into which Russia has plunged. But for this we need time, we need to improve the country's social climate, and we need to broaden the basis of support for reforms. We must also rid ourselves of the Bolshevik ideology that has weighed heavily on Russia's shoulders for three-quarters of a century.