Anatoly Kulik is Senior Researcher at the Political Science Department, Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences of Russian Academy of Sciences and lecturer at the Moscow State University and the Russian State University for the Humanities.Susanna Pshizova is Associate Professor at School of Public Administration, Lomonosov Moscow State University.

• Acknowledgments Preface by Kay Lawson Introduction: The Multidimensionality of the Context of Post-Soviet Transformation by Anatoly Kulik Russia Political Parties in Post-Soviet Russia: An Agent of Democratic Transformation? by Anatoly Kulik Slavic States and Moldova Peculiarities of Party Politics in Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine: Institutionalization or Marginalization? by Andrei Tarnauski Party System Development in Belarus, 1988-2001: Myths and Realities by Elena Korosteleva Parties and Party System in Moldova, 1990-2002 by Valeriu Moshneaga Influence of the Electoral System on the Role of the Political Parties in the Development of Democracy in Ukraine by Vladimir Fesenko The Baltics Political Parties and Multi-Party Systems in the Baltic Countries, 1990-2001 by Algis Krupavicius Political Parties in Estonia by Rein Toomla Parties and Party Politics in Latvia: Origins and Current Development by Andris Runcis Lithuania's Political Parties and Party System, 1990-2001 by Algis Krupavicius Conclusion: Party Building in Post Soviet Space: Between Imitation and Simulation by Susanna Pshizova Notes and References List of Contributors

Anatoly Kulik is Senior Researcher at the Political Science Department, Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences of Russian Academy of Sciences and lecturer at the Moscow State University and the Russian State University for the Humanities.Susanna Pshizova is Associate Professor at School of Public Administration, Lomonosov Moscow State University.

• Acknowledgments Preface by Kay Lawson Introduction: The Multidimensionality of the Context of Post-Soviet Transformation by Anatoly Kulik Russia Political Parties in Post-Soviet Russia: An Agent of Democratic Transformation? by Anatoly Kulik Slavic States and Moldova Peculiarities of Party Politics in Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine: Institutionalization or Marginalization? by Andrei Tarnauski Party System Development in Belarus, 1988-2001: Myths and Realities by Elena Korosteleva Parties and Party System in Moldova, 1990-2002 by Valeriu Moshneaga Influence of the Electoral System on the Role of the Political Parties in the Development of Democracy in Ukraine by Vladimir Fesenko The Baltics Political Parties and Multi-Party Systems in the Baltic Countries, 1990-2001 by Algis Krupavicius Political Parties in Estonia by Rein Toomla Parties and Party Politics in Latvia: Origins and Current Development by Andris Runcis Lithuania's Political Parties and Party System, 1990-2001 by Algis Krupavicius Conclusion: Party Building in Post Soviet Space: Between Imitation and Simulation by Susanna Pshizova Notes and References List of Contributors

Anatoly Kulik is Senior Researcher at the Political Science Department, Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences of Russian Academy of Sciences and lecturer at the Moscow State University and the Russian State University for the Humanities.Susanna Pshizova is Associate Professor at School of Public Administration, Lomonosov Moscow State University.

• Acknowledgments Preface by Kay Lawson Introduction: The Multidimensionality of the Context of Post-Soviet Transformation by Anatoly Kulik Russia Political Parties in Post-Soviet Russia: An Agent of Democratic Transformation? by Anatoly Kulik Slavic States and Moldova Peculiarities of Party Politics in Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine: Institutionalization or Marginalization? by Andrei Tarnauski Party System Development in Belarus, 1988-2001: Myths and Realities by Elena Korosteleva Parties and Party System in Moldova, 1990-2002 by Valeriu Moshneaga Influence of the Electoral System on the Role of the Political Parties in the Development of Democracy in Ukraine by Vladimir Fesenko The Baltics Political Parties and Multi-Party Systems in the Baltic Countries, 1990-2001 by Algis Krupavicius Political Parties in Estonia by Rein Toomla Parties and Party Politics in Latvia: Origins and Current Development by Andris Runcis Lithuania's Political Parties and Party System, 1990-2001 by Algis Krupavicius Conclusion: Party Building in Post Soviet Space: Between Imitation and Simulation by Susanna Pshizova Notes and References List of Contributors