social challenges russia had to face:
The country faced many social challenges like:
- corruption
- a weak civil society
- terrorism
- alcoholism and smoking
- the grip of a poverty-fueled insurgency across its North Caucasus
One type of terrorism in Russia was the Red Terror.
- Red terror in Soviet Russia served to frighten the civilian population and exterminate certain social groups considered as "ruling classes" or enemies of the people. Red Terror represented a variety of terrorism because it was done at random, intended to frighten the civilian population, and included taking and executing hostages Martin Latsis, chief of the Ukrainian Cheka emphasized that Red terror was an"extrajudicial punishment" One of the most common terrorist practices was hostage-taking.
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Corruption in Russia:
- It is not about officials abusing power; it’s also about ordinary people comfortably adapting these principles to their daily lives. Most Russians have grown so used to lawless way of life that they have come to view corruption as “Russia’s own special way.” They are unsure how their country’s economy, government or social ways might function without it.
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