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Long Soviet shadows: the nomenklatura ties of Putin elites

Post-Soviet Affairs, 2022
Recent studies of Putin-era elites have focused primarily on the role of siloviki. We bring the focus back to an analysis of the elite continuity within the Soviet regime. By compiling a dataset of the Putin-regime elites, we track their professional and
Maria Snegovaya, Kirill Petrov
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The Putin Myth

Journal of Democracy, 2023
:Over the past decade, the narrative of competence that Putin established during his first two presidential terms was steadily undermined as the quality of governance worsened. Since 2012, the regime has gradually been relying less on persuasion and more
K. Stoner
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Putin's Wars

2022
THE FINANICAL TIMES - BEST BOOKS OF 2022 'The prolific military chronicler and analyst Mark Galeotti has produced exactly the right book at the right time.' - The TimesA history of how Putin and his conflicts have inexorably reshaped Russia, including his devastating invasion of Ukraine.Putin's Warsis a timely overview of the conflicts in ...
M. Galeotti
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Putin’s puppets in the West? The far right’s reaction to the 2022 Russian (re)invasion of Ukraine

Party Politics, 2023
While an argument that the far right supports Putin is popular, comparative analysis of far-right parties’ stances on Russia is generally lacking. In the wake of the 2022 Russian (re)invasion of Ukraine, this becomes increasingly problematic.
Jakub Wondreys
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Armies and Autocrats: Why Putin's Military Failed

Journal of Democracy, 2023
:This essay analyzes the failure of Vladimir Putin's military in Ukraine in terms of five key factors. The first of these is Putin's monopolization of control over the armed forces, which has driven critical voices and honest debates out of military and ...
Z. Bárány
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A divorce of convenience: exploring radical right populist parties’ position on Putin’s Russia within the context of the Ukrainian war. A social media perspective

The Journal of Contemporary European Studies, 2023
Over the last decade there has been a growing convergence between Putin’s Russia and West European right-wing populist parties (WERPPs) that are growing in consensus around Europe.
Benedetta Carlotti
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The grassroots of Putin’s ideology: civil origins of an uncivil regime

East European Politics, 2023
This article attempts to explore three illiberal discursive practices (metaphysical state, right post-colonialism, and Orthodox pan-Slavism) that structure Putin's ideological course and help to understand why justifications of Russia's invasion of ...
Ivan Grek
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Arctic exceptionalism: a narrative of cooperation and conflict from Gorbachev to Medvedev and Putin

The Polar Journal, 2023
Arctic cooperation is increasingly being questioned in the wake of Russia’s 2022 military actions in Ukraine. Accordingly, many international scholars have declared the narrative of ‘Arctic exceptionalism’ dead or corrupted.
P. Devyatkin
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What Putin Fears Most

Journal of Democracy, 2022
:Russian president Vladimir Putin wants you to believe that NATO is responsible for his February 24 invasion of Ukraine—that rounds of NATO enlargement made Russia insecure, forcing Putin to lash out. This argument has two key flaws. First, NATO has been
R. Person, Michael McFaul
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The War in Ukraine: How Putin's War in Ukraine Has Ruined Russia

Journal of Democracy, 2022
:The first two months of war alone turned the Russian clock back decades, undoing thirty years of post-Soviet economic gains and reducing the country to an international pariah state.
K. Stoner
semanticscholar   +1 more source