Russia Profile Weekly Experts Panel: 2010 - Russia's Year in Review

Russia Profile Weekly Experts Panel: 2010 - Russia's Year in Review

Russia Profile Weekly Experts Panel: 2010 - Russia's Year in Review
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It is the custom of this panel to review Russia's progress throughout the year on New Year's Eve. Two thousand ten has been a hard but relatively successful year for Russia. The country continued to come out of the economic slump of 2008 to 2009 by growing at a steady, albeit not spectacular rate. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin projected in his recent TV conversation with the nation that Russia would fully restore its economy to the pre-crisis levels by early 2012. How has Russia fared in 2010? What could be described as the nation's biggest success or biggest failure in 2010? Has there been measurable progress on democracy, rule of law and basic freedoms in Russia?
Source: Russia Profile.org