The New Autocracy: Information, Politics, and Policy in Putin's Russia

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The New Autocracy: Information, Politics, and Policy in Putin's Russia

Autor: Daniel Treisman

Corruption, fake news, and the "informational autocracy"

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Corruption, fake news, and the "informational autocracy"

After fading into the background in the years following the Soviet Union's collapse, Russia now has emerged as a new threat-at least in the minds of many Westerners. But Western assumptions about Russia, and in particular about political decisionmaking there, tend to be out of date or just plain wrong.

Under Putin, Russia fits the mold of neither a reduced Soviet Union nor a classic police state. And while corruption is prevalent at all levels of government and business, Russia's leaders pursue broader and more complex goals than expected in a typical kleptocracy. Nor is Russia exactly a "competitive authoritarian" regime; its parliament, political parties, and other political bodies are neither fakes to fool the West nor forums for bargaining among the elites.

The New Autocracy brings together top Russian experts and Western political scholars who explore the complex roles of Russia's presidency, security services, parliament, media, and other actors. They argue that Putin has created an "informational autocracy," which relies more on media manipulation than on the comprehensive repression of traditional dictatorships.

Fake news, hackers, and trolls-set loose during the 2016 U.S. presidential election-are also favored tools of Putin's domestic regime, along with internet restrictions and state television. While successful in the short run, these tactics have a shelf life. And the regime that depends on them already shows signs of age: overcentralization, a narrowing of information flows, and a reliance on informal fixers to bypass the bureaucracy. Can Russia's rulers continue to block social modernization without undermining their own capabilities?