Russia: democracy or atrophy, says Medvedev-linked think-tank

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Russia must democratize, join NATO and the EU, shrink its military, and disband its Interior Ministry and Federal Security Service, according to a new report released today by a think tank linked to President Dmitry Medvedev. Urgent economic reforms cannot be realized without political modernization, says the report, “21st-Century Russia: Reflections on an Attractive Tomorrow,” published