Putinism beyond Putin: Political Ideas of Patrushev and Naryshkin. Presentation by Andreas Umland

On 16 September 2022, Dr. Andreas Umland presented a paper "Putinism beyond Putin: The Political Ideas of Nikolai Patrushev and Sergei Naryshkin", co-authored by himself and Martin Kragh, at the panel "Russia: Politics of Resentment, Conspiratorial Thinking, and Far-Right International Networking" chaired by Dr. Anton Shekhovtsov of the Centre for Democratic Integrity.
The panel was organised in the framework of the Fifth Convention of the International Association for Comparative Fascist Studies “Beyond the Paranoid Style: Fascism Radical Right and the Myth of Conspiracy” held at the University of Florence (Italy).
The paper was published on 27 May 2023, read it in full: doi.org/10.1080/1060586X.2023...
Abstract: This essay adds to previous research of Putinism an investigation of the political thought and foreign outlooks of Russia’s Secretary of the Security Council Nikolai Patrushev and Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Sergei Naryshkin, with a focus on their statements between 2006 to 2020. The paper outlines Patrushev’s and Naryshkin’s thoughts regarding the United States, Ukraine, and the idea of multipolarity/polycentrism. We then introduce Patrushev’s critique of liberal values and color revolutions, and Naryshkin’s statements on the memory of World War II and Western institutions. The salience of these altogether seven topics is interpreted with reference to three classical topoi in Russian political thought: the Slavophile vs. Westerners controversy, the single-stream theory, and the civilizational paradigm. Our conclusions inform the ongoing debate on whether to conceptualize Putinism as either an ideology or a mentality.
Dr. Andreas Umland is an analyst at the Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs, an Associate Professor of Political Science at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Ukraine, and the co-founder of the Centre for Democratic Integrity in Austria. Andreas holds a PhD in History and a PhD in Politics. He has published widely on Russian and Ukrainian ultranationalism with a specific focus on Neo-Eurasianism, comparative fascism, East European geopolitics, German Ostpolitik, among other topics. Andreas is a member of the board of the ComFas and the editor of the ibidem-Press book series “Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society” and “Ukrainian Voices”.

[@twhite8308]

I listened to all this and will move on now, hope to find something more comprehensible.

[@CentreForDemocraticIntegrity]

Good luck!

[@DaniRaj666]

Silicon Curtain has lots of it.

[@KasumiRINA]

I don't understand why you westerners keep insisting on the term "putinism" when even you admit it has nothing to do with him, but also Patrushev, Naryshkin, Medvedev, and others. It's rashism, as defined by Dzhokhar Dudayev. The russian fascism. The ideology of russian nation. Those who screamed "Crimea is ours" in 2014, cheered as Navalny called to ethnically cleanse Georgia in 2008, and wholly supported colonization of Caucasus. The problem is entire russian PEOPLE. Not select leaders they keep voting for decades on end. It's not putin's war. It's russian war against freedom.

[@AntonShekhovtsov]

We use established academic terms. Dudayev was neither a scholar, nor an expert, while the term "rashism", along with your own "thoughts", is pure ultranationalist nonsense.

[@4our5ive6ix7]

@@AntonShekhovtsov Wait, what? "Rashism" may be a non-academic term, but ultranationalist? How? And why such hostility? Dudayev was a historical actor and portmanteau words are a historical thing. History isn't made by academics, they simply study it.

[@paulzx5034]

@@4our5ive6ix7 Hi from Russia. Because many "historical actors" say many different words about Russia. You choose Dudayev, probably because you like what he said. And you demand from other people to value your choice beyond theirs. Why? Who do you think you are? --- P.S. I'm OK with "rashism". It doesnt matter how exactly your enemy see you. Fight or surrender.

[@AntonShekhovtsov]

@@4our5ive6ix7 The term "Rashism" suggests that individuals must be driven by a particular political ideology for no other reason than the belonging to the Russian ethnic or national community. This is ultranationalism.

[@CollectiveWesterner]

@Paul Zx I would like to ask with all sincerely and respect, should we in the Collective West abandon all hope of a peaceful, democratic Russia? In your opinion, is there absolutely no chance that the people of Russia will ever share the morals, ethics, values, and beliefs of the free nations of the world?