https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/putin-russia-presidential-election-navalny-by-anders-aslund-2017-10?utm_source=Project+Syndicate+Newsletter&utm_campaign=1931c2f657-sunday_newsletter_22_10_2017&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-1931c2f657-93854061
...In 2003, Russia’s private sector produced 70% of the country’s GDP. Today, the state sector generates most of the country’s output, squeezing out small and medium-size enterprises, and five big state banks dominate the financial market....
...In the State Duma elections in September 2016, only 47.8% of registered voters turned out. In local elections last month, even fewer bothered to participate, with Vladivostok reporting just 13% turnout...
...Last March, for example, Navalny produced a 50-minute documentary on corruption, revealing that Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev had used $1.3 billion in bribes to purchase six palaces and two vineyards. The film, watched on YouTube by some 25 million people, effectively killed Medvedev’s political career....
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