Power and Society in Post-Coup Russia: Attempts at Coexistence
Leonty Byzov*
Alienation from Power
The situation that formed in Russia by the autumn of 1992 is characterized by the fact that practically all political forces which existed prior to this period demonstrated their inability to lead the process of ending the country's crisis, thereby discrediting themselves in public opinion. According to the survey, more than half of the Russian people do not trust democrats, Communists or patriots.
Table 1. Confidence in political groups, 1992 (%).