Putin’s Russia: Politics and Ideology

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2026
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Abstract
This chapter examines Vladimir Putin's rise from KGB officer to dominant political leader and explains how statism, nationalism, traditional morality, and historical memory have shaped contemporary Russian ideology. It analyses the consolidation of presidential authority through bureaucratic centralization, electoral control, security institutions, anti-oligarch campaigns, and military reforms that have reinforced state power nationally. The chapter also investigates restrictions on civil society, independent media, nongovernmental organizations, and political opposition through censorship, intimidation, foreign agent legislation, and selective prosecutions across Russia. It evaluates Russia's increasingly confrontational international posture towards NATO, the European Union, and the United States alongside strategic partnerships with China and other anti-Western states. Finally, the chapter explores the historical origins, political consequences, and international significance of the Ukraine war while emphasising uncertainty, dissent, nationalism, and Russia's contested future.
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Authors Nicholas V. Riasanovsky, Mark D. Steinberg
Journal Oxford University Press eBooks
Year 2026
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10.1093/hepl/9780197875070.003.0040
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https://doi.org/10.1093/hepl/9780197875070.003.0040
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