Is coordinated anti-regime voting by opposition-minded citizens possible in authoritarian
settings where the opposition does not coalesce against the regime? If so, what are the …

Using the Russian president's major public addresses as the main source, Bo Petersson
analyzes the legitimization strategies employed during Vladimir Putin's third and fourth terms …

Galtieri, Lukashenka, and Putin are some of the dictators whose untrammelled personal
power has been seen as typical of the dog-eat-dog nature of leadership in authoritarian …

The article examines electoral politics over the last years in the Russian Federation,
since the end of the Soviet Union to the present day. It traces the party and electoral system …

Populisme agama menjadi kata kunci penting dalam membahas pola kebangkitan politik
Islam kontemporer. Absennya kemenangan partai politik Islam sebagai pemenang pemilu di …

Статья посвящена проблеме явки на выборы в СССР и России в период 1989–1996 гг. в
оценке российских социологов и обществоведов. В рамках теории представительной …

The paper discusses electoral integrity and malpractice in Russia from the point of view of
the people who make it happen: political strategists, CEOs, and government representatives …

The Covid-19 epidemic came at a sensitive time for Russia's leadership, which was
attempting a political reset and structural reforms, including the removal of President Putin's …

As was the case with other federal states, Russia's response to the COVID-19 pandemic was
decentralized and devolved responsibility to regional governors. Contrary to the common …

The issues that are the most and the least divisive in Russia The collapse of the Soviet
Union in 1991 created a new Russia, with new territorial boundaries and new political and …