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Stalin’s terror needed mass consent, but it appears to have been taken up by more than careerists. Russian society was part of the terror.
Certainly terror is Putin’s direction of travel and a project of the right in Russia, the late prophet Prigozhin spoke of the need to be “more like North Korea”
I am convinced that Putin will be able to replicate it. More importantly, Russians are convinced that he will be able to replicate it.
Discussion
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As Wikipedia states: “The Russian Federation has a de jure multi-party system, however it operates as a de facto one-party system.”
The Kremlin controls the Duma, regional governors, the judiciary etc.
Putin has been increasing investment in Rosgvardiya, as clear a mark of intent of internal action as sending tanks to the border with Ukraine was of external action.