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Putin's Fascists: Russkii Obraz and the Politics of Managed Nationalism in Russia book cover

1st Edition

Putin's Fascists Russkii Obraz and the Politics of Managed Nationalism in Russia

By Robert Horvath Copyright 2021
300 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

300 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

300 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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The Putin regime and its propagandists have long claimed to be fighting the heirs of Nazi Germany. From its crackdown on domestic dissent to its aggression on the international stage, the Kremlin has regularly smeared its adversaries as fascists and fascist collaborators. Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which Putin claimed would achieve its 'denazification', brought this propaganda to a new level... Read more

Introduction 1. The genesis of managed nationalism 2. The rise of a groupuscule 3. Footsoldiers of the preventive counter-revolution 4. The attack on orangist nationalism 5. Propagandist of the partisans 6. The crackdown 7. Right conservatism and the second counter-revolution Conclusions

Biography

Robert Horvath is a Senior Lecturer in Politics in the Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy at La Trobe University, Australia

This in-depth research into one of the Kremlin’s most cherished secrets — namely its collaboration with violent Russian neo-Nazis with the aim of strengthening its authoritarian grip on power — demonstrates two major intrinsic features of the Putin regime: its malevolent cynicism closely intertwined with ultimate disregard for human life, and its inexorable drive towards political spectacle that blurs the boundaries between truth and deception. - Anton Shekhovtsov, author of "Russia and the Western Far Right: Tango Noir", Director of the Centre for Democratic Integrity, Austria.

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