Nikolay Petrov

Michael McFaul

Andrei Ryabov

For hundreds of years, dictators have ruled Russia. Do they still? In the late 1980s, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev launched a series of political reforms that eventually allowed for competitive elections, the emergence of an independent press, the formation of political parties, and the sprouting of civil society. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, these proto-democratic institutions endured in an independent Russia. But did the processes unleashed by Gorbachev and continued under Russian President Boris Yeltsin lead eventually to liberal democracy in Russia? If not, what kind of political regime did take hold in post-Soviet Russia? And how has Vladimir Putin's rise to power influenced the course of democratic consolidation or the lack thereof? Between Dictatorship and Democracy seeks to give a comprehensive answer to these fundamental questions about the nature of Russian politics.

Russian Post-Communist Political Reform

Between Dictatorship and Democracy

Nowadays there are huge numbers of people who suffer from depression and the harsh truth is thatsociety has put so much shame on this topic and thus it's making it even more difficult for the people tobe fully cured or to even talk about it. Believing in what society has taught us has steered our life's into a direction of even greater suffering, but, when you realize that actually nobody will judge you or will laugh at you, then you can become more open andfree about this because everything that our parents, friends, and relatives have taught us from a youngage is completely wrong. If it was true then our beliefs would make us feel empowered and good about ourselves, instead, we areonly able to blame ourselves and have negative self-talk, but this whole endless cycle has no otherpurpose but to feed the medical companies and thus the more immature people society creates themore they will be able to be controlled by it and the cycle of brainless humans will continue. The change in a person's life will happen then and only then when he realizes that enough is enough andthat actually he can cure himself out of his depression so easily. You have to start thinking about yourself and your body like it is your most powerful asset because it is and then you will slowly but surely start walking the pathof self-love and self-acceptance. There isn't anything to be ashamed of about your body, mind, emotions, feelings, thoughts or lifeproblems. There is only huge empowerment in this because through our life lessons we grow stronger, more mature and happier human beings. Life is meant to be lived with joy. We are born to use our emotions as a learning tool and when emotion and experience come through our being we have to open the front door for them to come in, but we have to also not forget to open the back door as well. When we learn the lessons from this event then we can let it go, no matter how painful or unpleasant it was. Speaking about our feelings and emotional traumas will help us to reprogram our subconscious mind likeit's a child's play and therefore we can become our best version without the necessity to carry on thisheavy load of childhood traumas anymore with us. Beliefs create our reality, so the more positive beliefs and moments we keep in our mind, the better wewill feel and live our lives. No matter how hard it seems, the moment you start sharing with the worldabout your life, the faster your depression will fade away and a loving and cheerful smile will rise uponyour face once again. Live, Love and Matter, but don't keep your emotions bottled up because one day you may blow up. Sowseeds of love, joy, and gratitude and reap only fruits with utmost sweetness and exuberance. This is themeaning of life!

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