...Ekaterina V. Klimenko That Putin’s regime has been able to put the memory of the Great Patriotic War (GPW) to political use is hardly news to any observer of Russia. What is often overlooked, however, is that the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) has contributed to the instrumentalization...

...Joanna Rak; Roman Bäcker Before 2014 Putin used semantic structures characteristic of authoritarianism and façade democracy to shape Russian political discourse. After the annexation of Crimea, we identify the decrease of authoritarian discursive elements, the occurrence of references to democratic...

...-dresden.de (S. Kailitz). © 2019 The Regents of the University of California. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. 2019 The Regents of the University of California Authoritarianism Weimar Germany Electoral authoritarianism Putin Democratic breakdown Weimar Germany...

...Christopher Monday This article examines how Russian privatization helped create the Putin political system. During the ‘who lost Russia’ debate in the 1990s, American economic advisors were rebuked for allowing a ‘capture of the state’ by the oligarchs. A larger time frame reveals...

... of the University of California Corruption Rent seeking Corrupt governance New nomenklatura Putin Russia Rent seeking Corrupt governance New nomenklatura Putin Russia is r strates mentioned There are detailed entokh, 2007). On s perceived by the 00). There are also sky, 2011; Holmes, 2012). Certain...

... and Vladimir Putin visiting the Cuban capital in July 2014. Correspondingly, this article will examine the relationship that is developing between the two countries with the aim to find out whether the bilateral relationship has “gone back to the future” since August 2006. Also it should conclude if a “Raúl...

... each time it feels that its honor is being respected and those of frustration, fear and anger when in the eyes of Kremlin its identity/honor as not recognized. Emotions Foreign policy Honor Medvedev Putin Russia Status Keywords: Emotions Foreign policy Honor Medvedev ssian and Western...

..., the Magnitsky act, and the Snowden affair. * Corresponding author. © 2014 The Regents of the University of California. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. 2014 The Regents of the University of California Emotions Humiliation Putin Social identity Status Humiliation...

... The Regents of the University of California. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. 2013 The Regents of the University of California Corruption and its functions Feudalization Soviet society Putin Cultural analysis State Rent Corruption and its functions Feudalization Soviet...

... Moldova Putin Medvedev Obama0967-067X/$ see front matter 2012 The Regent httpdx.doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2012.07.009Optimism and opportunity in Russian East European relations just a couple of years ago, especially with the Obama government s express desire to press the reset button with Moscow...

...Carol R. Saivetz © 2012 The Regents of the University of California. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. 2012 The Regents of the University of California Putin Medvedev Russia Russia–Eastern Europe Russia–US Energy ir Putin is due to become Russia s president...

... of California Openness Perestroika Emigration Elites Corruption Professionalism Science Putin Democracy t sys foreve ences ide 000) system. Paradoxically, though, he left the freedom to have contact with foreign countries intact, including the ability to travel. The Russians have shown...

...Janet Elise Johnson; Aino Saarinen The article assesses civil society in Putin’s Russia through the lens of the small social movement working against gender violence. Based on questionnaires distributed to movement organizations in 2008–2009, we find significant retrenchment among the NGO segment...

...Vladimir Shlapentokh Vladimir Putin provides us with an excellent example of a politician whose attitude toward ideology is instrumental to his political longevity. He has shown that in the fight between ideology and political expedience, to maintain authority and control within the country...

...Vladimir Shlapentokh During his second term, Putin’s foreign policy was strongly influenced by the belief that the West’s hostility could help the opposition change the current regime, as the West had done in Ukraine and Georgia. A regime change would deprive the ruling elite, mostly people from...

...Vladimir Shlapentokh The article is about Putin's ‘Jewish anomaly’. Against all expectations, Putin during his tenure as president of the Russian Federation showed in various ways his concern about the life of Jews in his country. © 2008 The Regents of the University of California. Published...

... or lose control of the regime. In this context, the author pays special attention to Vladimir Putin’s political future and to the developments in Russia, which favor and disfavor his continued stay in power after 2008. * Tel.: +1 517 355 6640; fax: +1 517 432 2856. E-mail address: [email protected]...

...-mail address: [email protected] © 2005 The Regents of the University of California. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. 2005 The Regents of the University of California Putin Ideology Short time horizon Political elites Economic elites Masses The short time horizon...

...Galia Golan Although Russian President Vladimir Putin has been faced with numerous crises since coming to office in 2000, most importantly the war in Chechnya, the Iraq War was the first major international crisis with which his administration was confronted. As in the case of Kosovo for Yeltsin...

...John O’Loughlin; Gearoid Ó Tuathail; Vladimir Kolossov Examination of the speeches, writings and editorials by the Putin Administration in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks showed a consistent storyline that equated Russia’s war against Chechen terrorists with the subsequent...