Putinism

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Putinism (Russian: путинизм, romanized: putinizm) is the social, political, and economic system and the ideology of formed in Russia during the political leadership of Vladimir Putin. In the course of his rule, Putin has consolidated an authoritarian system characterized by concentration of power in the hands of Putin and elite groups loyal to him. Its ideology has been reliant on statism, Russian nationalism and imperialism, and illiberalism. Arnold Beichman wrote in 2007 "Putinism in the 21st century has become as significant a watchword as Stalinism was in the 20th." Its relation to fascism is a topic of debate, with various authors noting the similarities of Putinism to fascism. Putin's governance has been analyzed in different terms: as the state 'privatized' in the 1990s becoming a corporation managed by Putin's close associates and friends who gradually became a leading group of Russian oligarchs and "seized control over the financial, media and administrative resources of the Russian...

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