Potemkin conservatism. An ideological tool of the Kremlin. OSW Point of View 48, February 2015
Journal: Archive of European Integration (AEI) (University of Pittsburgh)
Year: 2015

Since the beginning of his third presidential term, Vladimir Putin has consistently invoked conservative ideology. Thus he legitimises the Kremlin’s new political strategy, the aim of which is to stabilise the regime and prevent any political mobilisation in Russia around a liberal agenda. This strategy is also intended to strengthen the legitimacy of the current model of government, by portraying it as ‘traditional’ for Russia; and to justify the government’s repressive and anti-Western policie