How Russia’s ‘Sistema’ Leads To The ‘Modernization Trap’

Comment on Interview with Alena Ledeneva http://www.rferl.org/content/interview-russia-alena-ledeneva-sistema/24944910.html Ledeneva is one of the few ... ... were already formed under the Soviet regime, and that the sistema as it exists today is a direct legacy of the Soviet sistema. Georgi Arbatov's book which,like hers, is also entitled The System (Человек Системы), complements her argument....