Eternal Putin?

J. L. Black

doi:10.5771/9781666919042

Summary

The short period of time stretching from the dramatic Constitutional amendments of January 2020, to the war launched by Vladimir Putin against Ukraine in February, 2022, marks a sharp turning point in post-Soviet Russian history. The author explains how Russia got to that point of war. Although Putin, termed ‘eternal’ because of amendments that allow him to run for two more terms as president, is everywhere in it, the book is a study of Russia writ large. It features the political uproar over the Navalny phenomenon, the ravages of the pandemic, manifestations of climate change, and intensifying confrontations between Russia on one side, Ukraine, NATO and the US on the other. The book provides a who, what, where and when of the short but volatile period prior to the outbreak of war, and offers a tentative why it happened. Discussed, too, are the highs and lows of Putin’s popularity; the effectiveness, or not, of economic sanctions, and Moscow’s ‘pivot to the east’. Whereas Putin is a more obvious villain in the unhappy tale, the author makes it clear that Ukrainian and Western leaders are by no means blameless for this state of affairs.

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Copyright year: 2023
ISBN-Print: 978-1-6669-1903-5
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-1904-2
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 360
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. List of Figures No access
3. List of Tables No access
4. Preface No access
5. List of Abbreviations No access
6. Transliteration, Spelling, Punctuation and Sources No access
7. Note on Sources No access
1. Notes No access
1. Introduction No access
2. The January Revolution, 2020 No access
3. 1. 1. Patriotism as Core of Putinism No access
4. 1. Anti-Putin Activity No access
5. 1. The Presidency Threatened? No access
6. 1. 1. Personalizing the Office No access
    2. Putin’s Party No access
    3. Succession Duties No access
    4. Ideology of ‘Healthy Conservatism’ No access
    5. Popularity Waning? No access
7. 1. Crimea and the Donbas No access
8. 1. Putin Goes to War No access
9. Notes No access
1. Introduction No access
2. 1. Navalny in the Wings, ‘Foreign Agents’ and Changing Tactics No access
  2. 1. Navalny in Court No access
    2. Changing Tactics No access
3. 1. 1. Election Commission Replenished No access
    2. Pre-September Political Activity, 2021 No access
    3. The UR No access
    4. Extra-systemic Parties, Movements and Activists No access
    5. Voting Days, 17–19 September 2021 No access
4. 1. 1. The UR Stands Pat No access
    2. Nationalists and Russia’s Right No access
5. 1. Domestic Political Scene at the Outset of War No access
6. Notes No access
1. Introduction No access
2. 1. 1. The Internet and Social Media No access
    2. Russian Media and the Invasion of Ukraine No access
3. Educational Institutions Fall in Line No access
4. 1. 1. Women’s Rights No access
    2. The LGBT Scene No access
5. 1. Promises, Promises No access
6. 1. 1. COVID-19 Conundrums No access
    2. Omicron Surge No access
7. 1. Cop26 No access
8. War Threatens the Russian Quality of Life No access
9. Notes No access
1. Introduction No access
2. 1. 1. Foreign Investment No access
    2. SPIEF 2021 No access
    3. Infrastructure No access
    4. Far Eastern Economic Forum, September 2021 No access
    5. Russia Is Calling! No access
    6. Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) No access
3. 1. 1. Nord Stream-2 Saga No access
    2. Gas Crisis in Europe No access
    3. Nord Stream-2 in the Mix Again No access
    4. Gas Crisis in Europe, Again No access
    5. Sanctions against Nord Stream-2, February 2022 No access
    6. LNG No access
    7. Oil No access
    8. Coal No access
4. Exports Other than Energy No access
5. Agriculture No access
6. Onset of War No access
7. Notes No access
1. Introduction No access
2. 1. 1. Union State Integration? No access
    2. Belarus-Poland Border Crisis No access
    3. Moldova No access
    4. Ukraine No access
    5. Crimea and the Donbas No access
    6. Russia Takes Ukraine to Court No access
    7. Endless Confrontation? No access
    8. Winter 2022 Face-offs No access
3. South Caucasus No access
4. 1. 1. Crisis in Kazakhstan, 2022 No access
5. Europe and the EU No access
6. The United Kingdom No access
7. 1. 1. Turkey No access
8. 1. 1. Japan No access
9. Outliers: Latin America, Africa No access
10. First Reactions to War in Ukraine No access
11. Notes No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Navalny as New Cold War Symbol No access
3. 1. 1. Russian Troop Deployments No access
    2. Sanctions Addiction No access
    3. Geneva Summit, 16 June 2021 No access
    4. Summit for Democracy No access
4. 1. 1. Space Capers No access
    2. Media Sniping No access
    3. Cyber War? No access
5. 1. Biden-Putin Telephone Conversation, 7 December 2021 No access
  2. Putin-Biden Telephone Conversation, 29 December 2021 No access
  3. January’s Negotiations, 2022 No access
6. 1. Russia Recognizes the LDR and DPR No access
7. China Rises No access
8. Notes No access
1. Introduction No access
2. 1. 1. Confrontation on Russia-Ukrainian Borders No access
    2. Confrontation with the UK and EU No access
    3. The Southern Flank: Russia and China Bookend Eurasia No access
    4. The CSTO No access
3. 1. 1. Arms Race No access
4. 1. 1. Russia-NATO Ties Severed No access
5. Shooting War Launched against Ukraine No access
6. Notes No access
1. Introduction: The President’s Gambit No access
2. The Economy in Wartime: Isolating Russia No access
3. Geopolitics overwhelms Diplomacy No access
4. 1. 1. Shifting Partnerships No access
    2. War of Attrition: First Round No access
    3. Second Stage No access
5. War of Words and Images No access
6. 1. War of Attrition: Second Round No access
7. 1. 1. Diplomatic Flailing No access
    2. Back in Russia No access
8. Notes No access
1. Introduction: Ripple Effect or Tidal Wave? No access
2. Quality of Life in Russia No access
3. The West Responds No access
4. 1. 1. Domestic Politics No access
    2. Military Conundrums No access
    3. Refugees No access
5. 1. 1. Banks No access
    2. Energy No access
    3. Domestic Pressures No access
    4. Other Matters No access
    5. Global Food Chain No access
6. 1. 1. Southern Flanks No access
    2. China No access
    3. NATO and Western Institutions No access
7. Notes No access
1. Long-Term Economic Shifts No access
2. A New World Order or Eternal Confrontation? No access
3. Eternal Putin? No access
4. Notes No access
Appendix 1 No access Pages 335 - 336
Appendix 2 No access Pages 337 - 340
Bibliography No access Pages 341 - 344
Subject Index No access Pages 345 - 352
Name Index No access Pages 353 - 358
About the Author No access Pages 359 - 360