In 1991, when multiparty politics was introduced, violence became known as an election time tradition.
In response to a question, he said flexibility should first be sought within the single party before any talk of multiparty politics.
This was the country's fourth presidential election since the introduction of multiparty politics in 1990.
Under pressure, he accepted the introduction of multiparty politics in the early 1990s.
This opened up the country to democratic multiparty politics.
Nor does the book ever include words like "multiparty politics" or "direct election of national leaders."
Measures taken on Jan. 8 had opened the way to multiparty politics.
This was the country's third legislative election since the introduction of multiparty politics in 1990.
By the mid-1990s Russia had a system of multiparty electoral politics.
Voters went to the polls in low numbers to decide whether to allow multiparty politics after nearly 20 years.