The political regime of ‘military Putinism’ as the new form that Vladimir Putin’s regime has assumed over the past five years is currently facing not yet a crisis, but certainly a crisis-like intensification, that is, a whole cluster of challenges, to each of which it has no convincing response.

The political regime of “military Putinism”—that new form that Vladimir Putin’s regime has acquired in the last five years—is today facing not yet a crisis, but definitely a crisis condensation, that is, a whole bunch of challenges, to each of which it does not have a convincing answer. This does not mean at all that the regime will not cope with them, will not be able to manage their crisis potential, avoiding too obvious demonstration of its weakness and reducing image and managerial damage.