We all knew it would happen. The election of March 4 brought with it a new political cycle but no change in government. We have changed but the authorities remain the same. The elections left a divided society behind them. By playing the card of internal threat, the government divided the country into two camps, and it continues to drive in the wedge. This must not continue. Civil society in Russia simply must show maturity and begin to rebuild its own inner confidence and solidarity.

Mikhail Prokhorov has begun setting up a new party. He has said it would be "a radically new grass-roots party and a new national political force" and urged his supporters to prepare to get down to some serious, systematic work. What kind of new party can respond to the major challenges of our time? What exactly can politicians offer a society requiring immediate institutional change? On what principles should a new political force be built and what type of leadership will be needed now? Who can and should participate in the creation of such a new party?

Mikhail Prokhorov has begun setting up a new party. He has said it would be ’a radically new grass-roots party and a new national political force‘ and urged his supporters to prepare to get down to some serious, systematic work. What kind of new party can respond to the major challenges of our time? What exactly can politicians offer a society requiring immediate institutional change? On what principles should a new political force be built and what type of leadership will be needed now? Who can and should participate in the creation of such a new party?

Mikhail Prokhorov has begun setting up a new party. He has said it would be "a radically new grass-roots party and a new national political force" and urged his supporters to prepare to get down to some serious, systematic work. What kind of new party can respond to the major challenges of our time? What exactly can politicians offer a society requiring immediate institutional change? On what principles should a new political force be built and what type of leadership will be needed now? Who can and should participate in the creation of such a new party?