The political catastrophe that Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 became has driven the Russian intellectual elite to analyse the post-Soviet period of Russian history with particular intensity, focusing primarily on the notorious 1990s. In Putin’s discourse, the 1990s are portrayed as an era of 'turmoil', proving the necessity for a strong, centralised, authoritarian government in Russia.

The political disaster, which became for Russia, the beginning of a full -scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 forced the Russian intellectual elite with particular passion to turn to the analysis of the post -Soviet period of Russian history and, first of all, the notorious nineties.

About the book of Grigory Golosov "Political regimes and transformations" It would seem that the time to discuss the prospects for the democratization of Russia is now not the most suitable, and nevertheless, the professor of the European University in St. Petersburg, Grigory Golov, has released a book that places our country in a wide political science and shows that such a future is quite possible. More about her specifically for Gorky was written by Vladimir Gelman.

Vladimir Gelman - about the book "Dictators of Deception" The new book of Sergey Guriev (recognized in the Russian Federation as a foreign agent) and Daniel Traisman “Dictators of Flife” focuses on trends that change the nature of modern authoritarian regimes around the world - from mass repressions as a tool for holding power, they turn to manipulating information in order to give themselves a relatively decent form.

About the book of Mark Harrison, not yet translated "Secret Leviathan" All countries to one degree or another use the regime of secrecy to hide important secrets from prying eyes. However, the USSR was clearly a champion in this discipline - to great damage to the quality of its government. This conclusion was reached by British researcher Mark Harrison, the author of the book “Secret Leviathan” not yet translated into Russian. Read about her in the material of Vladimir Gelman.

Vladimir Gelman - about new scientific books about Russian politics The philistinism as an engine of Russian democracy, the competition of legal systems in Chechnya, the reasons for the longevity of modern dictatorships, the election efforts of businessmen and the post -Soviet successes of the agrarian sector - political scientist Vladimir Gelman talks about new scientific books that have gone abroad and dedicated to Russian politics.

Resisting the unpopular draft requires coordination, says the political scientist Vladimir Gelman Evgeny Bugubayev / Anadolu Agency / ABACAPRESS / ddp images / Vida Press Russian conscripts board buses that will take them to their units, Sept. 26, 2022 Following last week’s official announcement of Russia's mobilization, anti-war protests are once again resulting in thousands of arrests — 2,400 by the present count, as acknowledged by the United Nations .

The quality of public administration in Russia, especially its components such as the supremacy of law, the quality of state regulation and corruption control, have been at an extremely low level that does not correspond to the characteristics of the country's development.

Even if and when in the “beautiful Russia of the future” the change of leadership of the country will entail a change in development priorities, Russian bureaucrats will not turn from Savlov into Pavlov and will not pursue a successful industrial (and any other) policy Mobutu Cece Seko. Photo: wikipedia.org Economists will probably never come to an agreement on the role of the state in economic policy as a whole and industrial policy in particular.

Sun Chunlan, Deputy Prime Minister of the State Council of the PRC, during the inspection of the plant in Ezhou. Photo: Li He / Xinhua / Zuma / Tass Until the very recent time, China caused many Russian anti-Westers a sense of black envy-the experience of a southeastern neighbor was perceived by them as an unfulfilled dream.

Inauguration ceremony Vladimir Putin, 2018. Photo: Ekaterina Shtukina / Reuters Messages about the upcoming constitutional reform plunged a significant part of the Russian progressive public into deep despondency: numerous comments associate the upcoming changes with the threat of the lifelong government of Vladimir Putin and consolidate the authoritarian regime for many decades, if not for centuries.

Photo: Tatyana Makeyeva / Reuters The final year did not become “fateful” for Russian domestic politics, although by no means “passed as an empty dream”. Despite the numerous manifestations of turbulence associated with autumn subnational elections, a new rise in political protests and a new wave of repression by the authorities, 2019 did not add significantly new trends to the functioning of the Russian political regime.

Sergei Sobyanin at a meeting with cyclists. Photo: sergei karpukhin / reuters As long as observers are discussing a long decline in mass support of Vladimir Putin among Russians, at least one federal politician has a level of mass support recently, on the contrary, is growing.

What are the risks of the “puppet theater”, the creation of a quasi-union state or a referendum to extend authority-is analyzed by Professor Vladimir Gelman From the editors: This is the third text in the framework of the NT discussion about the problem-2024, which arises with the expiration of the powers of Vladimir Putin: how to leave the Kremlin without leaving it.

The development paths of the former Soviet republics in decades after the collapse of the USSR were radically dispersed. In the new Special Property of Post-Soviet Affairs magazine, famous political scientists studying Russia argued that they explained these changes better-the solutions of politicians and the actions of people in a situation of conflict and uncertainty or structural durable factors. The Black Box asked the release editor, a professor at the European University in St.