The author analyzes the second stage of the party system formation in Russian Federation: since early 1990s (the first stage ended with the October 1917 revolution and the allocation of power in the Soviet state to Bolshevik party). The author did mark the timeline of Russian party system within the time range under study: forced democratization; party pluralism; institutionalization of parties and political spectrum extension; intensification of party building by executive powers and political spectrum narrowing; parties’ professionalization and their transformation into professional lobbying organizations. The author has drawn conclusion about Russian party system’s contemporary state.
Keywords: political party; political power; political process; democratization; pluralism; political spectrum; party system; parties’ genesis; lobby; lobbying organization; party in power.
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https://doi.org/10.24151/2409-1073-2017-3-132-138