omic wealth that that of another citizen" (Perdues, 66), and that "all citizens shall live with ample food on the plate, and little worries as to life" (Perdues, 93). For the communists the time of economic hardship was heaven sent. Capitalizing on the citizens disgust in the shape of the country would be no challenge. This has led to the communists waging wars inside of the Russian parliamentary house. The Duma as it is known, is where most legislation and debate over domestic and foreign policy goes on. It is in this institution that the Communists have on numerous occasions attempted to gather support to impeach the liberal government. The Communists' goal: dissolution of the current government, and establishment of the old. Instead of attempting to reform and fine tune the new economic policies, they wished to return to policies more consistant with the Communist ideology. The Communists are not alone. In Russia itself, there has been a spawning of over 12 new political parties (Co-Existence, 147) that pose threats to the current government's stability. Amongst those parties, over 86% of the individuals do not approve of the market-place economy (Co-Existence, 149). Though Russia is constantly hindered by economic downfall in many aspects, that is not to say that all is bad . Some of the new countries who have embarked on the long road to growth, have in fact showed signs of improvement. Many of them have realized that diversification is needed desperately. Both Uzbekistan and Georgia were traditionally used as resource extraction states in the Core-Periphery economic plan of the centrally planned economy. Since the establishment of inde...
