Territory and Space as Part of Russia’s Rebranding
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Russians are experiencing a lack of stability, which reinforces a demand for an ‘iron fist’ that could restore order
After analyzing 176 career track records of high-level state employees. several interesting patterns are beginning to emerge
Why has the Kremlin unexpectedly decided to introduce such an unpopular and politically dangerous pension reform?
Marginally, yes, in the short term. Long-term, however, local grievances and international struggles will doubtless return to the fore.
Vladimir Putin has broken his promise not to raise Russia’s retirement age. His spokesman is now eager to point out that it was a promise from long ago and times have changed.
The pomp of Vladimir Putin’s fourth inauguration has a tsarist quality to it, and so does his government’s sanctioned violence against protesters.
By promoting a culture of constant and automatic finger pointing, Russia’s president is stifling and distorting public discourse. Stories that claim others are always to blame may be gratifying, but they are also willful delusions.
The Putin regime will collapse when the political demand for change from both society and the elites outweighs the system’s inclination for self-preservation
The Famous Long Telegram as seen from 2015
How the escapist axioms of Western apologies of Kremlin policies distort our understanding of the origins and motives of Russia’s current domestic and foreign behavior
The preservation of the cult of the past leaders strengthens the cult of today’s ‘leader’
An analysis of Putin’s publicly stated promises shows how rarely the Russian leader gets pinned down to pledging anything large-scale, concrete and specific. And when that does happen, it is anyone’s guess whether those promises will be fulfilled.