Ms Rice has received a cool reception in Moscow
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has voiced concern about Russia's direction by saying too much power is concentrated within the Kremlin.
Her comments, made during a visit to Moscow, will be seen as a thinly veiled criticism of President Vladimir Putin.
Earlier she met human rights activists and said she wanted to help them build institutions to protect people from the "arbitrary power of the state".
But she also said she had no wish to interfere in Russia's internal affairs.
She and US Defence Secretary Robert Gates are in Moscow for talks on US plans to base a missile shield in Eastern Europe - which Russia opposes.
Washington has so far been cautious about criticising the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin on democracy.
But the BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes in Moscow says this is rapidly becoming another issue to add to the long list of those that divide Russia and America.
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