The Siloviki in Russian Politics: Political Strategy or a Product of the System?

Author(s): Bettina Renz
Editor(s): Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 17
Pages: 2-4
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen
Publication Year: 2007

Many observers have interpreted the rising number of siloviki in Russian politics as a conscious policy choice pursued by President Putin. In view of the Russian system of elite recruitment and the widely varying backgrounds of these figures, however, their role seems more modest than often asserted and the possibility of a coordinated siloviki project is unlikely.

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