Zudin Alexei

POLITICAL REGIME IN RUSSIA AFTER 2008: VECTORS OF CONTROLLED TRANSFORMATION

The detailed theses of the report held at the scientific-practical seminar “Politeia”, March 25, 2010

The report presented at the scientific-practical seminar “Politeia”, March 25, 2010, analyzes the institutional and political changes in Russia in the recent years. A.Zudin argues that the core of these changes is the transformation from the consolidation process towards the controlled differentiation of the political regime. Having pointed out the alteration in the scenario of the country’s political development, Zudin hypothesizes that in the short-term prospect the implementation of this scenario will hinge upon the solution of three most important problems i.e. a status of the socially active minority, a new model of the party system, and the future of the tandem between V.Putin and D.Medvedev. According to his conclusions, if the planned political construction shows no serious dysfunctions, the hybrid model of government laid out in the Constitution of 1993 might turn into reality.

DOI: 10.30570/2078-5089-2010-57-2-25-41

RUSSIA 1998-2001: A WAY TO NEW IDEOLOGY

The article covers the research of the change in the mass conscious­ ness, which have taken place during the last decade. The author designates three periods in this dynamics. He characterizes each of them and evalu­ ates their modernization and anti-modernization component. Using the materials of the leading Russian centers for public opinion research, A. Zudin analyzes the fluctuations in the attitude of the population to the West and to the private property market. He focuses his attention on the opin­ions on the situation in Russia, its position in the world, on the state and political system. The author believes that lately it has become legitimate to speak about the advent of the «new ideological order» supported and pro­tected by the state. He formulates the main features of this order.

DOI: 10.30570/2078-5089-2001-5-23-26-65

OLD PARADIGM AND THE NEW WORLD POLICY

The article states that the events of the September 11, 2001 put in motion the world order, which was shaped in the previous decade. In then- forecast, the authors make an attempt to outline both the new transitional world order and the new geopolitical paradigm, in the framework of which, the new role of American allies, the changing rules of the game, the relations with the Muslim world and Russia are reviewed.

DOI: 10.30570/2078-5089-2001-5-23-236-248

Government and Business: a Turning Point in Interrelation

The article discusses in details the present stage of interrelation between Government and Business. The author outlines the vulnerability of the means by which some leaders of the executive power intent to weaken the «oligarchy» and to get over the fusion of the government and the capital. The paper also deals with strong and weak aspects on an alternative model built up on an institutional interrelation between government and business. From the point of view of A. Zudin the governmental pattern of Russian State will depend on interrelations of these two agents of modernisation on how they will cope.

DOI: 10.30570/2078-5089-1997-5-3-20-34

Pages: 20-34