12 December 2003 Editorial note: Vedomosti is one of Russia’s leading business papers. It is a joint venture between Dow Jones, the Financial Times, and Independent Media.Democratic parties are out of the parliament. They are unlikely to return four years from now, because no Russian party has yet survived four years outside parliament. Russia only has parliamentary parties: all others […]

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