Moscow elites and the use of coercive foreign policy

Elena Bashkirova, Tamara Litikova and Dina Smeltz

Post-Soviet Affairs, 2019, vol. 35, issue 5-6, 471-476

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to analyze differences between Russian opinion leaders on the basis of Russian elite studies conducted in 2008, 2012 and 2016. We divide elites into two groups – supporters and opponents of official regime foreign policy – based on their attitudes toward the official governmental positions on Russian–US relations and examine their attitudes over the past decade (2008–2016). Analyzing the attitudes of elites who strongly support the official agenda versus those who are more oriented toward the West will help determine whether there has been wholesale elite consolidation around President Putin’s policy agenda or whether any significant scepticism about current Russian foreign policy remains.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1080/1060586X.2019.1663047

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