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BORIS NEMTSOV: A TRUE RUSSIAN PATRIOT DAVID J. KRAMER It is hard to believe that a year has gone by since Boris Nemtsov was shot and killed just yards from [...]

Since Vladimir Putin took over the presidency, analysts have highlighted the large numbers of siloviki--those with experience in the military and security agencies--who have been recruited into government service. Two political scientists investigate this trend by reexamining previously published findings and using an original data set. Claims of the 'FSB-ization of power' under Putin and an underappreciated trend in elite formation under Putin--the increasing presence of business representatives in the government and society at large--are considered. The article examines the implications of its findings for Russia's future political development, particularly in terms of stability and democracy.

Eugene Huskey, Presidential Power in Russia. London and Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1999, xii + 295 pp., $64.95 h/b, $24.95 p/b. THE FIRST IN A SERIES devoted to understanding the [...]

SINCE RUSSIA'S EMERGENCE AS AN INDEPENDENT STATE considerable disagreement has arisen among both Western and Russian scholars over whether a transformation in the political elite has occurred. Representing the prevailing [...]