The absence of a grand systemic project for Russia’s modernization, as well as vagueness in the contours and inarticulate formulation of “the Putin course,” meaning a lack of formalized goals and inmost notions in words, ideologemes and imagery, can be justly viewed as one of Russia’s major problems during Vladimir Putin’s presidency. PUTIN’S DISCOURSE From … Читать далее Sovereign Democracy: A New Russian Idea or a PR Project?