However, after almost 14 years, the hope of democracy in Russia has flown. ... By testing Russia to the conditions mentioned by McFaul, we can better understand on which factors Russia falls short. ... Fourth, it is crucial that the opposition has the ability to mobilize large groups of people. ... With better informed citizens, it is possible that these people will join the protests. ... Each condition will be tested by looking closely at the situation in Russia. ...

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According to this reality and the stated requisites for democracy, the Arab Spring revolutions lacked the basis for democracy in the first place. ... The fall of longtime leaders, and the peoples rising demands for a stronger voice in their own governance, have brought new opportunities for civil rights reform. ... On political and economic reform, it remains to be seen what the nature of the democratic political systems that emerge following the Arab Spring revolutions will be. ... The jumbled view that political reform and openness will immediately result `n a better economic life could le...

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