1. Putin's Progress.
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HUMAN rights , *DEMOCRATIZATION , *POSTCOMMUNISM , *PRESS , *PRESIDENTS ,RUSSIAN politics & government, 1991- - Abstract
The article reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin has been called a "budding autocrat" by the human rights group Freedom House. The group's Democratization Index ranks Russia below other formerly Communist countries in Europe, dropping the ranking for the fifth year in a row. Press freedom is on the decline, and most Russians are equanimous about their disappearing freedoms.
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- 2003