Download or read book Promoting Democracy and Human Rights in Russia written by Sinikukka Saari and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-12-04 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses how various international organisations, including the European Union, successfully promoted in Russia common European norms of human rights and democracy, with Russia co-operating fully in the process, but how, more recently, Russia has begun to challenge these norms, moving towards semi-authoritarianism.