Demokratizatsiya

In issue 33:1 of Demokratizatsiya, Sergei Medvedev grapples with the life, opposition politics, and eventual death of Alexei Navalny through the prism of “biopower,” attempting to better understand Russia’s domestic repression and invasion of Ukraine. (1/2)

In their recent article, Stephen Wegren and Darrell Slider advance an understanding of post-2022 Russia as a “neo-totalitarian regime,” arguing that the old model, as it applied to Stalin’s regime, no longer suffices. (1/2)

Our new issue is live! Demokratizatsiya 33:1 examines Putinist totalitarianism, Alexei Navalny and “Biopower,” authoritarian election monitoring through the CIS parliamentary assembly, and views from Tajikistan on the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan. Link below ↓

Violetta Alexandrova’s examination of civic organizations in Buryatia shines a light on civil society aligned with Russia’s war effort, an under-discussed—but not uncommon—occurrence. Read her article and the rest of “Russians and the War” at the link below ↓

For “Russians and the War,” Natalia Savelyeva draws on Public Sociology Laboratory data to analyze the “Put’ Domoy” movement and the changed social contract in wartime Russia. Check out her article as well as the rest of the special issue below.

If polls are to be believed, support for Putin and his war in Ukraine has remained high since the full-scale invasion. In “Do Russians Rally Around the Flag?,” Svetlana Erpyleva explores this phenomenon, arguing for a more nuanced understanding of “support.” Link below ↓

SPECIAL ISSUE: Demokratizatsiya 32: 4 “Russians and the War” With an introduction by Irina Meyer Olimpieva, this issue brings together 8 leading scholars of Russian public opinion to examine where the war fits into the attitudes of Russians both in and outside the country.