A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Why Putin’s Rigged Election Matters
A nation must think before it acts.
Why Putin’s Rigged Election Matters
March 12, 2024 | 12:00 pm | Eurasia Program
About the Event
Russia’s presidential election is not until March 17, and yet Vladimir Putin’s victory has already been preordained. Still, the election presents a rare legal opportunity for dissent.
The recent death of Alexei Navalny, Putin’s most vocal and popular challenger, galvanized thousands to turn out to pay tribute to him, defying the police. While an uptick in dissent will not change the election’s results, might it signal the emergence of more serious and sustained resistance to Putin? Personalist authoritarian regimes like Putin’s are hard but brittle; small cracks caused by seemingly minor events can spread quickly and threaten the stability of the entire system.
Join Eurasia Head of Research Robert Hamilton, András Tóth-Czifra, and Olga Khvostunova as they discuss the evolution of Putin’s regime during his almost quarter century in power, the state of popular resistance, and what the future might hold for a post-Putin Russia.
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Speakers
András Tóth-Czifra - András Tóth-Czifra is a Fellow in the Eurasia Program at the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) and contributing author for FPRI's Bear Market Brief Newsletter.
Olga Khvostunova - Olga Khvostunova is a 2024 Templeton Fellow and a Fellow in the Eurasia Program at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. She is also a PhD student at Stony Brook University’s Political Science Department.
