This is a web commentary concerning the emergence and falling of different political parties in Russia. This commentary was published on December 15, 2003, and comes from the website Carnegie Endowment - For International Peace. The commentary explains how some political parties in Russia are gaining support, such as United Russia, the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, and Motherland, while others, such as the Communist Party, are losing support. This relates to what we are studying in class because Russia was formerly a single party state, with the Communist Party in complete control of everything in Russia, causing many people to suffer, and the article is demonstrating that at the time it was written, the political situation in Russia had changed very much, with the Communists holding little power. This adds value to what we are studying because the purpose of studying single party states is so we, the class, can determine if there are a specific set of instances that tend to lead to the formation of a single party state. Although it cannot be determined from this article WHY Russia is no longer under the control of a single party state, it seems possible to me that there must have been some change in Russia, be it economical or political, that caused the idea of a single party state to seem less like a good idea. What I am trying to say is that this article is showing me that in this instance, the single party state idea did not last. The one thing that this article does not tell me is why the Communist party is losing support in Russia, and although I have my ideas as to why, I have no evidence from that article to back my viewpoint up.
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