The New Russian Nationalism Imperialism, Ethnicity and Authoritarianism

the new russian nationalism

presidential elections (2000), 230–2,
233–4
Primakov, Evgenii, 230–2, 268, 283,
356
Prokhanov, Aleksandr, 29, 69, 331
Prokhorov, Mikhail, 359
pro-Kremlin youth groups, 2–3, 78,
80–1, 88, 253, 285
pro-regime (sistemnyi) nationalism,
55
Prostakov, Sergei, 22
Prosvirnin, Egor, 54–5, 56, 128
pro-Western, liberal opposition
common anti-Putin stance with
ethnonationalists, 3, 35
state reaction to, 2
Przeworski, Adam, 346
public opinion
changing views on socialism, 65–6
declining support for radical
nationalism, 96–7
distrust of migrants, 40–1
increased ethnonationalism, 40–1,
43–4
perceptions of ethnic diversity, 5
on raids and semi-legal violence, 89
on socialism and USSR, 63, 64–5
on the West as the enemy, 66–7
on Western model, 64
xenophobia, 40
see also NEORUSS surveys
Pussy Riot, 239, 291, 302, 313,
316–17, 351
Putin, Vladimir
article on nationalism
(Nezavisimaia gazeta), 5–6, 254,
256
Crimea speech (2014), 18, 160,
206, 259–60, 331–2
declining popular support (2011),
237
early statist nationalism, 19, 251–2
economic strategies, 337–8, 347–53
ethnic understanding of identity,
18–19, 160–1, 255–6
ethnonationalism, stance on, 38–9,
252–3, 254–6, 354
leadership style, popular support
for, 233–4, 238

Medvedev as successor to, 226,

235–6, 237, 254, 287

Millennium Manifesto, 251, 252,

258

national identity strategy, 255–7,

266–7

nationalism and annexation of

Crimea, 6, 17, 18, 44, 160, 206,

222

nationalist issues and public

support for, 6, 200–1, 228–9,

241

nation-building strategy, 251–2,

256

patriotic centrism, 282–4

as patronal president, 224

personal political networks, 224,

348

presidential elections (2000),

230–2, 233–4

public approval ratings, post-

annexation of Crimea, 6, 72,

162, 198–9, 199 , 244–5, 247–8,

358

public support for, pre-Crimea,

234–7

response to terrorist attacks, 231–2,

233, 234

response to Western sanctions,

357–9

selection as Eltsin’s successor,

230–1

succession of 2008, 226

2012 campaign strategy, 238–9

use of rossiiane, 260

use of russkii/rossiiskie terms,

18–19, 259, 275–6

use of term russkie, 160, 206, 259,

266, 271, 275–6

Valdai Club speech, 257–9,

294

radical nationalism

Biriulevo-Zapadnoe riots, 86, 94–5,

240–1, 325–6

coalition with national democratic

nationalists, 79, 91–3

Day of Russian Wrath, 94

declining support for, 96–7