Why Putinism Will Survive Putin. Let’s face it: Russians like a strong state, and they’ll always see themselves as an empire. By WALTER LAQUEUR. September 13, 2015. Continue to article content.

America's own Putinism is still just half-baked. Katya Sedgwick is a writer in the San Francisco Bay Area. The views expressed in this article are the writer's own.

Nevertheless, Putinism has evolved significantly over the past 25 years. Putin began his political career under pro-Western democrats Anatoly Sobchak and Boris Yeltsin.

Putinism was on the march against democracy, warned George Will. Other newspaper articles associated Putinism with a crackdown on free speech, the invasion of Georgia, and rigged elections.

The tragic consequence is that today Putinism is advancing across Europe and the United States. I n the beginning, Putin was an accidental leader. After Russia’s 1998 financial crash, ...

Vladimir Putin's propaganda is bombarding the West with claims of military success in Ukraine, of Russia’s economic growth despite international sanctions, and of widespread global support for ...

No longer hemmed in by a parliament, a constitution, or a political opposition, Putin is at the height of his power. A prevailing sense of “forever Putinism” provides many Russians with a sense of ...

Contrary to common assertions that President Vladimir Putin’s Russia is a Stalinist, fascist, or nonideological state, Suslov argues that the regime boasts a distinct ideology of its own. He traces ...

Does Vladimir Putin have an ideology? The authors of this report argue that he does. Borrowing heavily from czarist and Soviet themes, as well as other intellectual sources like the twentieth-century ...

Putinism doesn’t work in the battlefield. The latest reshuffle in the Russian army shows Russian generals struggle to meet Putin’s unrealistic expectations.

Culture Club. The Bizarre Soviet Movie That Predicted Putinism A 33-year-old film featuring a naked secretary and a head-shaped cake turns out to be one of the best explanations of the ideas ...