New Left Review I/192, March-April 1992

Ken Livingstone

Can Democracy Survive in Russia?

During a visit to Moscow in January at the invitation of the Russian Party of Labour to help counter threats to abolish Moscow Council, it was confirmed to me that, in the aftermath of August’s attempted coup and the break-up of the ussr, Russian politics is rapidly clarifying around two fundamental, and interconnected, issues: growing economic chaos and the Russian national question. It is clear that whichever political force is perceived capable of responding to these issues will dominate the next phase of Russian politics.

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