Morals and Politics: Are These Two Things Compatible in Russia?

Abstract

Can moral policy be practiced in present-day Russia?

Let’s get started start with another issue as to whether something the like of the Watergate scan- dal that went down in history books as the study in political vice might be the case on the Russian political scene? Of course, it might. According to the Russian code of political conduct, listening in on opponents is neither a crime, nor even a mis- demeanor, rather possibly or as the case may be is a necessary trick in the political process. Russian politics has never been, nor it is today part of the public and, therefore, legal domain...