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The Views of Russian Elites on Military Intervention Abroad
Ansichten der russischen Eliten zu militärischen Interventionen im Ausland
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Abstract In the aftermath of the mutiny led by Wagner Group head Evgenii Prigozhin, a lively debate ensued aboutwhat this series of events revealed about the pillars of President Vladimir Putin's support. One way toapproach this issue is to examine the attitudes expressed before the onset of the Russo-Ukrain... view more
In the aftermath of the mutiny led by Wagner Group head Evgenii Prigozhin, a lively debate ensued aboutwhat this series of events revealed about the pillars of President Vladimir Putin's support. One way toapproach this issue is to examine the attitudes expressed before the onset of the Russo-Ukrainian War bythose holding positions a few notches below the top leadership in Russia. These are individuals at the apexof their professions - part of an elite stratum whose support, research shows, is more crucial for a dictatorto maintain than that of the mass public. An analysis of trends from a unique dataset extending from 1993to 2020, the Survey of Russian Elites, shows that highly placed Russians exhibit a nuanced combinationof views on issues pertinent to the ongoing war in Ukraine. Although overall approval of the use of Russia's military outside its borders is shown to be much higher in 2020 than it was in the early 2000s, supportfor the unification of Ukraine with Russia is weak, as is approval of military adventurism that comes at theexpense of domestic improvements.... view less
Keywords
Russia; Ukraine; war; military intervention; elite; attitude; political culture
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Document language
English
Publication Year
2023
Page/Pages
p. 2-7
Journal
Russian Analytical Digest (2023) 299
Issue topic
Ideological and Conspirational Underpinnings of Russia's War against Ukraine
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000625073
ISSN
1863-0421
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0