Putin’s Third Term: The Triumph of Eurasianism?

In the midst of the Russian Federation’s 2012 presidential election, Vladimir Putin expressed his support for the establishment of a functioning Eurasian Union by 2015. This article attempts to demonstrate that this Eurasian push, taken in context together with a number of other policies and progra...

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Main Author: Paul Pryce
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Language:English
Published: European Institute of Romania 2013-03-01
Series:Romanian Journal of European Affairs
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Online Access:https://rjea.ier.gov.ro/wp-content/uploads/articole/RJEA_2013_vol13_no1_art.2_0.pdf
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description In the midst of the Russian Federation’s 2012 presidential election, Vladimir Putin expressed his support for the establishment of a functioning Eurasian Union by 2015. This article attempts to demonstrate that this Eurasian push, taken in context together with a number of other policies and programs pursued by Putin and Dmitri Medvedev, reflects a shift in Russian identity politics towards neo-Eurasianism. In doing so, the potential weaknesses of neo-Eurasianism as an identity framework for the whole of Russian society will be highlighted, indicating that the further centralization of political authority with the core (Moscow) will only exacerbate grievances in the regions of the periphery.
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Putin’s Third Term: The Triumph of Eurasianism?
Romanian Journal of European Affairs
russian federation
eurasianism
eurasian union
nationalism
vladimir putin
title Putin’s Third Term: The Triumph of Eurasianism?
title_full Putin’s Third Term: The Triumph of Eurasianism?
title_fullStr Putin’s Third Term: The Triumph of Eurasianism?
title_full_unstemmed Putin’s Third Term: The Triumph of Eurasianism?
title_short Putin’s Third Term: The Triumph of Eurasianism?
title_sort putin s third term the triumph of eurasianism
topic russian federation
eurasianism
eurasian union
nationalism
vladimir putin
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