Long Soviet shadows: the nomenklatura ties of Putin elites

Snegovaya, Maria; Petrov, Kirill

doi:10.1080/1060586x.2022.2062657

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“…Third, many readers might be left unsatisfied with the oft-cited statement throughout the book about the communist leaders’ supposed ‘choice’ to let their successors (‘new democratic reformers’) bear the burden of costs that came with breaking promises during the transition to ‘free market’ capitalism. Such phrasing overlooks well-documented (Dogan and Higley, 1998; Snegovaya and Petrov, 2022; Steen and Ruus, 2002) and considerable elite continuities between the periods of ‘late communism’ and early post-communist capitalism. In many countries, ex-communists would emerge as the most capable managers of transition debacles.…”

Section: Three New Books Probe Into the Lineages Of Neoliberalism Glo...mentioning

confidence: 94%

The Provenances and Postscripts of 1989

Salyga

2023

Thesis Eleven

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The books under review exemplify some of the finest recent work on the historically informed political economy of Central and Eastern Europe. While different in their conceptual frameworks and geographical foci, the titles converge in the advancement of nuanced and convincing arguments, displaying both theoretical acuity and empirical depth to great effect. Bartel, Fabry, and Pula all share a resolute dedication to illuminating the under-explored provenances of neoliberalism and/or globalization in the region, that predate the annus mirabilis of 1989. Their contributions situate the ‘Eastern bloc’ states within the contours of evolving global political economy and the existential crises engulfing capitalism and ‘actually existing socialism’ during the 1970s and beyond. The authors expound on the intricate web of global capital accumulation, geopolitical competition, and skilful diplomatic strategy, which served to dismantle the ‘Iron Curtain’. Two contributions further assess the postscripts of the 1989 revolutions.

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Section: Three New Books Probe Into the Lineages Of Neoliberalism Glo...mentioning

confidence: 94%

The Provenances and Postscripts of 1989

Salyga

2023

Thesis Eleven

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“…Among Russia experts ( Minchenko Consulting, 2012 ; Johnson, 2016 , 2018 ), it is well known that Putin surrounds himself almost entirely by men. A recent ( Snegovaya and Petrov, 2022 ) study of Russian political elites found that 94% were men; this was true in both 2010 and 2020. 3 The list of elites includes virtually the entire Presidential Administration, the Security Council, the Prime Minister and members of the government ministries, members of the security forces, the mayor of Moscow and governor of St. Petersburg, the leading figures in Parliament, the leading judicial administration, the super-governors who control Russia’s seven main regions, and the heads of the largest state corporations.…”

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Gender systems in the Putin autocracy

Wood

2024

Front. Sociol.

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Over the last 23 years, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s autocracy has revealed a set of interlocking gender systems that have come to the fore particularly vividly since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. How, this article asks, have the masculinist cultural and political practices of the Putin regime undermined democratic practices and engagement broadly speaking? How have they organized Russian state and society in ways that have led to today’s war in Ukraine with its massive destruction, violence, and brutality? And have there been earlier signals that should have warned observers that this regime might undertake such a war of aggression? Drawing on public, mass media data, this article analyzes the gendered structures of power in Russia that have contributed to the degeneration of democracy in three main areas: (1) male-on-male domination in discourse and practice that supports Putin’s personal rule and emasculates his enemies; (2) the elevation of male power clans, including the President’s personal praetorian guard and the Russian private military companies; and (3) the overall taming and emasculation of the Russian Parliament combined with the elevation of tough women deputies, whom I call the Baba Commissars. These female MPs support the President’s domination by creating an appearance of a threatening outside world that needs to be kept at bay. At the same time, they support a neo-traditional gender order with women managing the house under the direction of the patriarchal male leader.

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“…According to an estimate, ~60% today's elites in RF have Nomenklatura backgrounds (Snegovaya and Petrov 2022). Also in Ukraine the "oligarchic-nomenklatura holdover" prevailed in politics and economics (Bennich-Björkman 2022); although it might be changing these days.…”

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Fascism in Medicine and Everyday Life

Jargin

2024

Preprint

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Yudin SS. Metodika operacii pri ognestrelnyh perelomah bedra v usloviah sovremennoi voiny (Surgical methods for gunshot hip fractures in modern warfare). Moscow: Medgiz, 1943. Bronchial asthmaAnother method to be commented was the thoracic surgery with denervation of lungs as a treatment of bronchial asthma (Babichev et al. 1985;Gudovskii et al. 2002; Meshalkin and Alperin 1978; Smakov 1990) referred to as "the most accepted procedure" in the Instruction by the Health Ministry of RF (Health Ministry 1988). Among others, the "skeletonization" of pulmonary roots, auto-transplantation of lungs (complete removal with immediate reimplantation) (Meshalkin 1968; Meshalkin and Alperin 1978) or cross-section of trachea with

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Long Soviet shadows: the nomenklatura ties of Putin elites

Cited by 13 publications

References 77 publications

The Provenances and Postscripts of 1989

The Provenances and Postscripts of 1989

Gender systems in the Putin autocracy

Fascism in Medicine and Everyday Life

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