In this episode of La Loupe, Xavier Yvon poses the question of post-Putinism to Charlotte Lalanne, journalist with the World service of L’Express, and Anna Colin Lebedev, lecturer at the University of Paris-Nanterre, specialist in post-Putin societies. Soviets.
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The team: Xavier Yvon (presentation), Charlotte Baris (writing), Ambre Rosala (editing), Jules Krot (directing) and Marion Galard (work-study).
Music and dressing: Emmanuel Herschon/Studio Torrent
Picture credits: Anatoly Maltsev/AFP
Logo: Anne-Laure Chapelain/Benjamin Chazal
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Xavier Yvon: A little confidence for the attention of our most loyal listeners: at La Loupe, we have a ranking of your favorite episodes. It turns out that the vast majority are those who deal with the war in Ukraine, who talk about the maneuvers on the front, the important personalities on each side or even the consequences on the price of our energy.
The episodes that arrive at the top of this ranking have another point in common: the name of Putin appears in their title. The one today will join them perhaps, because we are going to talk about the post-Putin era. While the war in Ukraine is not over, some are already thinking about what post-Putinism could be.
Before going further in this episode I think a little definition is necessary. Putinism is an authoritarian regime, with two particular characteristics. The first is the fact that this regime is based on a redistribution of resources to the elites via prestigious positions or companies, but also to the population, which is entitled to social assistance.
The second specificity of the regime is that this distribution of resources is based on loyalties. A form of allegiance with the one who is just above you, and which ensures you a place closer to the top.
And if we call that Putinism, it is because at the top of this pyramid, it is he, Vladimir Putin, who holds all the keys to all political positions and all access to resources.
So – if it is obvious that one day Putinism will end – where could this change come from. And to put what, or who, in its place? These are the questions we’re looking at today
For further
PODCAST. Russia: Moscow’s tricks to circumvent Western sanctions
How to Avoid World War III, by Henry Kissinger
War in Ukraine: how the Russian army is reviewing its tactical approach
Mikhail Shishkin: “The Russian Empire will disintegrate, and the post-Putin era will be violent”