Can Putinism Survive Putin?
Just before Christmas, at a nighttime ice hockey game on a rink in Red Square, Vladimir Putin scored again and again. Not that his opponents tried too hard to stop him. The match included many of the president's Inner circle, from political allies and ex-bodyguards promoted into government to o...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Bloomberg businessweek (Online) 2018-02, p.38 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Just before Christmas, at a nighttime ice hockey game on a rink in Red Square, Vladimir Putin scored again and again. Not that his opponents tried too hard to stop him. The match included many of the president's Inner circle, from political allies and ex-bodyguards promoted into government to old friends who've grown fabulously rich during his two-decade rule. The Kremlin has ensured that Putin, 65, faces equally toothless opposition in March's presidential election as he seeks to extend his rule to 2024 with a fourth and likely final term. His biggest challenge will be to build a team and a system capable of sustaining Putinism after he's left office. Forming institutions that function without him is an unfamiliar task for the former KGB officer. Since coming to power in 2000, Putin has tamed oligarchs, tightened control over regional governors, and turned Parliament into an obedient echo chamber. Now, Putin rules unchallenged at the apex of a highly personalized system of government. |
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ISSN: | 0007-7135 2162-657X |