Beyond Putin: Envisioning Russia's Political Future
Anand Roopnarine
- Vladimir
- Putin's
- ascent
- to
- power
- must
- be
- understood
- within
- the
- complex
- historical
- context
- of
- post-Soviet
- Russia.
- Emerging
- from
- the
- chaos
- and
- uncertainty
- of
- the
- 1990s,
- a
- decade
- marked
- by
- economic
- turmoil,
- political
- instability,
- and
- social
- unrest,
- Putin
- presented
- himself
- as
- a
- stabilizing
- force.
- The
- collapse
- of
- the
- Soviet
- Union
- in
- 1991
- had
- left
- a
- power
- vacuum
- and
- a
- disillusioned
- populace
- that
- longed
- for
- order
- and
- national
- pride.
- This
- environment
- created
- fertile
- ground
- for
- a
- leader
- who
- could
- promise
- security
- and
- a
- return
- to
- greatness,
- positioning
- Putin
- as
- the
- embodiment
- of
- this desire.
