book chapter
Internal security
russia: a country study • Washington, D.C. • Published In 1996 • Pages: 555-592
By: Knight, Amy W..
Abstract
The post-Soviet Russian state moved quickly to dismantle the KGB, a powerful, pervasive Soviet era security agency. This study discusses the ways President Yeltsin implemented this goal and built successor security agencies. Despite initial success, reforms failed to establish a Western-style security apparatus committed to enforcing the rule of law. Instead of being politically neutral, successor agencies resorted to performing tasks similar to those of the KGB, including favoring Yeltsin and his friends while spying on and intimidating opposition political groups and adversarial media figures. Resulting public distrust and grievances contributed to the spread of crime and corruption.
- Region
- Europe
- Sub Region
- Eastern Europe
- Document Type
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Social Scientist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2019
- Field Date
- no date given
- Coverage Date
- 1991-1996
- Coverage Place
- Russia
- Notes
- Amy W. Knight
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 592a-592c)
- LCCN
- 97007563
- LCSH
- Internal Security--Russia (Federation)