Author(s)

Taiyi Yang

Corresponding Author

Taiyi Yang

Abstract

As the power in Russia is highly concentrated in hands of one certain group of people, only some high level of officials has the discretion on public expenditure while public have fewer power to against some actions of the public officials. As we all know the Russian government is not governed in an optimal way. In this chapter we will try and break this down through some concrete examples, in other words, how the Russian senior political officials uses their power in an unorthodox way to benefit themselves and secure their power at the expense of the population. Another clear example on how the Russian government protects their political standing is throughout the strict control of the Russian media. The whole Russian media is in other words under the government is payroll, which means that the government can control and manipulate everything that the Russian media broadcasts.

Keywords

Russian, Power, Government