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3 Baltic J.L. & Pol. 1 (2010)

handle is hein.journals/bjlp3 and id is 1 raw text is: BALTIC JOURNAL OF LAW & POLITICS VOLUME 3, NUMBER 1 (2010) ISSN 2029-0405 http://www.versita.com/science/law/bjlp Cit.: Baltic Journal of Law & Politics 3:1 (2010): 1-14 DOI: 10.2478/v10076-010-0001-0 SIMULATED DEMOCRACY AND THE FREE MARKET IN RUSSIA Adam A. Bartnicki Assistant Professor; Dr. University of Bialystok Faculty of Law (Poland) Contact information Address: ul. M. Skkodowskiej-Curie 14, 15-097 Biakystok, Poland Phone: +48 85 745 72 04 E-mail address: drucik22@o2.pl Karolina Stefanowicz Scientific Assistant; Master of Sociology University of Bialystok Faculty of Law (Poland) Contact information Address: ul. M. Skkodowskiej-Curie 14, 15-097 Biakystok, Poland Phone: +48 85 745 72 04 E-mail address: stefanowicz.karolina@gmail.com Received: March 31, 2010; reviews: 2; accepted: May 28, 2010. ABSTRACT The vague character of the interests in a post-totalitarian society, which become clear when seen alongside the clear and concrete interests of the elites, seems to be an important and typical feature of Russia's politics. Consequently, society has been almost completely marginalized as a political subject, and its role has been taken over by the corporate interests groups of big business. The political regime of present-day Russia has been, to some degree, founded on models known from developed democracies, including the institutions of the president, council of ministers, independent courts, and the freedom of the press or political parties. However, considerable differences occurred in the application of those mechanisms in Russia. For instance, the parties in the Russian political system did not succeed in becoming channels of articulation of social needs. This situation was caused by the fact that the majority of political parties and other political and social organizations have

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