The Evolution of the Kremlin’s “Silent Contract” with the Russian Society
In recent years, the Kremlin has increasingly shifted away from the seemingly reliable social contract of economic growth and consumption in exchange for political non-interference, toward the more dangerous premise of defense in exchange for social submission. Serguei Parkhomenko analyzed how viable this strategy is and discuss the effectiveness and longevity of the so-called “Putin stability.”
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In recent years, the Kremlin has increasingly shifted away from the seemingly reliable social contract of economic growth and consumption in exchange for political non-interference, toward the more dangerous premise of defense in exchange for social submission. Serguei Parkhomenko analyzed how viable this strategy is and discuss the effectiveness and longevity of the so-called “Putin stability.”
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Sergey Parkhomenko
Journalist, publisher, organizer of civic projects
Sergey Parkhomenko is a Russian journalist, publisher, and founder of several projects aimed at developing civic activism and promoting liberal values in Russia. Since August 2003, Parkhomenko has been presenting Sut' Sobytyi (Crux of the Matter) on Radio Echo of Moscow, a weekly program making sense of the events of the past week. When the radio station was shut down by the Kremlin immediately after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, he became the host of his own YouTube channel under the same name.
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