No. 154: Elites and Oligarchs

Author(s): Marcin Kaczmarski, Jadwiga Rogoza
Editor(s): Stephen Aris, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder, Aglaya Snetkov
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 154
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University
Publication Year: 2014

This edition examines the role of elites and oligarchs in Russia. Firstly, Jadwiga Rogoza outlines how - following the annexation of Crimea - the Russian authorities seem stronger than ever, and assesses the costs that Russia will likely pay for the Kremlins political stability and geopolitical successes. Secondly, Marcin Kaczmarski suggests that the competition between domestic power-holders currently found in Putins Russia can be seen as a form of pluralism, and that the evolving distribution of these domestic power relations influence Russias international behavior, particularly the implementation of its foreign policy.

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