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Same Soup, Just Reheated: The 2021 State Duma Elections and the Hegemonizing Political Regime in Russia
Russian Analytical Digest. 2021. No. 271. P. 5-7.
The 2021 parliamentary elections in Russia show that while the longstanding menu of authoritarian manipulation remains the same, the level of these manipulations and the efforts being put into regime maintenance are unprecedented. In supplementing and sometimes adjusting these instruments, the regime is moving more rapidly than ever toward a hegemonic form of authoritarianism.
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Reuter O. J., Journal of Politics 2012 No. 74(2) P. 1023-1037
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