Introduction : challenges of Russiam democratization / Robert G. Moser -- Russian electoral trends / Micahel McFaul -- Executive-legislative relations in Russia, 1991-1999 / Robert G. Moser -- Russian central state in crisis : center and periphery in the Post-Soviet era / Kathryn Stone-Weiss -- Russian economic reform, 1991-1999 / Yoshiko M. Herrera -- Politics and the Russian armed forces / Zoltan Barany -- Conclusion : democracy and Russian politics / M. Steven Fish.