In the aftermath of the mutiny led by Wagner Group head Evgenii Prigozhin, a lively debate ensued aboutwhat this series of events revealed about the pillars of President Vladimir Putin's support. One way toapproach this issue is to examine the attitudes expressed before the onset of the Russo-Ukrainian War bythose holding positions a few notches below the top leadership in Russia. These are individuals at the apexof their professions - part of an elite stratum whose support, research shows, is more crucial for a dictatorto maintain than that of the mass public. An analysis of trends from a unique dataset extending from 1993to 2020, the Survey of Russian Elites, shows that highly placed Russians exhibit a nuanced combinationof views on issue...
The authors aimed to conduct a study of the current state and prospects for the development of elito...
A ceasefire was agreed between Ukraine and separatist forces on 5 September, although it is unclear ...
This study examines behavioural patterns of the top echelons of Russia’s elite within four fundament...
This article analyzes the findings of the Survey of Russian Elites from the perspective of Russian e...
The dominant paradigm for understanding contemporary Russia holds that Vladimir Putin\u27s tenure in...
Russian elites are worried. The economic recession, Western sanctions, and semiisolation are endange...
This article reviews the vast literature on Russia’s transformation into a “militocracy”—a state in ...
A new Chicago Council-Levada poll reveals the Russian public appears to be buying Putin's explanatio...
Since Vladimir Putin took over the presidency, analysts have highlighted the large numbers of silovi...
Most Russians applaud the official narrative that Russia has re-emerged as a great power under Vladi...
Although a vibrant literature on mass public opinion in Russia emerged in the wake of communism’s co...
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was based on false premises, faulty assumptions, and a weak strategy. A...
Will Vladimir Putin’s penchant for staffing the state with siloviki undermine the prospects for demo...
While a general ideological shift toward illiberalism has been noted in Russia for over a decade, re...
The hybrid war in Crimea and Eastern Ukraine is linked to history, geography, demography, local and ...
The authors aimed to conduct a study of the current state and prospects for the development of elito...
A ceasefire was agreed between Ukraine and separatist forces on 5 September, although it is unclear ...
This study examines behavioural patterns of the top echelons of Russia’s elite within four fundament...
This article analyzes the findings of the Survey of Russian Elites from the perspective of Russian e...
The dominant paradigm for understanding contemporary Russia holds that Vladimir Putin\u27s tenure in...
Russian elites are worried. The economic recession, Western sanctions, and semiisolation are endange...
This article reviews the vast literature on Russia’s transformation into a “militocracy”—a state in ...
A new Chicago Council-Levada poll reveals the Russian public appears to be buying Putin's explanatio...
Since Vladimir Putin took over the presidency, analysts have highlighted the large numbers of silovi...
Most Russians applaud the official narrative that Russia has re-emerged as a great power under Vladi...
Although a vibrant literature on mass public opinion in Russia emerged in the wake of communism’s co...
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was based on false premises, faulty assumptions, and a weak strategy. A...
Will Vladimir Putin’s penchant for staffing the state with siloviki undermine the prospects for demo...
While a general ideological shift toward illiberalism has been noted in Russia for over a decade, re...
The hybrid war in Crimea and Eastern Ukraine is linked to history, geography, demography, local and ...
The authors aimed to conduct a study of the current state and prospects for the development of elito...
A ceasefire was agreed between Ukraine and separatist forces on 5 September, although it is unclear ...
This study examines behavioural patterns of the top echelons of Russia’s elite within four fundament...