Terms
another term for FPTP
What is single member district (SMD)
The largest ethnic cleavage is in this area of Russia
What is Chechnya
area in the Black Sea Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014
What is Crimea
The two countries with FPTP and PR
What are Mexico and Russia
How did Putin centralize power
making of Super Districts
the action of giving power to regions in a unitary system
What is devolution
2nd largest political party in Russia
What is the Communist Party
Russian equivalent to the CIA
Countries considered rentier states
What are Nigeria, Iran, and Russia
First president of Russia (the one before Putin)
Who is Yeltsin
2 groups that form a fusion of power in a parliamentary system?
What is legislative and executive
National natural gas company
Patriotic youth group
What is Nashi!?
Countries where religion is a major cleavage
What is Russia and Nigeria
leading political party in Russia
What is United Russia
cutting of spending to decrease the deficit
What are austerity measures
The 2011 Protests were also known as the _____ Revolution.
What is Snow.
The percentage of votes a party must have to obtain a seat in the Duma.
What is 5%?
Countries that have bicameral legislatures
What are UK, Russia, Mexico, Nigeria
Leading opponent of Putin who was killed in jail
What is Alexei Navalny
The trust people have in the government - the belief that people have that they can change the government
The name of the forced starvation of the Ukrainian people.
What is Holodomor
The year Putin changed the Constitution to a 6 year term
What is 2008?
countries with Judicial Review
What are Mexico, Russia, and Nigeria
Glastnost
What is openness?