Vladimir Ryzhkov has been a deputy in the Russian State Duma since the first post-Soviet elections in 1993. In 1997, at age 31, he was appointed the Duma’s first deputy chairman, a position that he held until 1999. He is a member of the Duma Federal Affairs and Regional Policy Committee and a cofounder of the independent deputies’ faction. He has a Ph.D. in history and has written extensively on issues of law, political science, and international affairs. This article was translated from the Russian by Anastasiya Kuzmina.
July 2004, Volume 15, Issue 3
Russia's liberal-democratic parties have failed. It is time for a new movement that can gain the trust of the Russian people by putting forward a full reform program based on liberal and democratic principles.
