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The former Soviet Union's transition to democracy and capitalism has been anything but smooth. In photos and stories TIME.com looks at Russia's decline.



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Policy.com briefing: Russia
An in-depth look at the state of Russia from the online think tank




analysis & news


Turmoil in Russia
CNN Special

Back to the U.S.S.R.
From TIME Daily: A report from Russia's watershed 1996 elections

photo essays
Grozny: Fallen City   
Chechnya's capital lies in ruins in the aftermath of the Russian invasion

Company Town
Photography from Norilsk, Russia by Joe McNally
Chernobyl
 From 1996, a look at the reactor ten years after the explosion

PHOTO: ANTHONY SUAU FOR TIME


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