In Moscow's Shadows 240: Frankenstein's Putinism
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Or, 'Team Russia and the Undead Ideology Project'
Can you create an ideology that is custom-engineered, poll-driven, focus grouped, workshopped and marketed? The Presidential Administration's Alexander Kharichev is certainly trying, suggesting the Kremlin's concerns about the future.
I also discuss Marlene Laruelle's excellent book Ideology and Meaning-Making under the Putin Regime (Stanford UP 2025), and the link to Jeremy Morris's comments on it is here.
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- 0:00Cold Open And Warning
- 1:08Five Traits Of Putinist Meaning
- 7:30What Even Counts As Ideology
- 9:13Meet Kharychev The Ideology Builder
- 12:10Managerial Rule Meets A Broken Contract
- 14:05Kharychev’s Career And Kremlin Role
- 17:40DNA Of Russia And Value Sovereignty
- 25:28The ‘We’ Principle And Its Purpose
- 30:29Five Threats The Kremlin Fears
- 37:05Five Russias From Focus Groups
- 41:13Scarcity And The Push For Doctrine
- 42:50Four Drivers Behind The Ideology Rush
- 47:05Frankenstein Politics And Why It Fails
- 49:59Closing And How To Support