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	The term '''Putinism''' is often used to describe the unique peculiar words, phrases, pronunciations, malapropisms, semantic or linguistic errors and gaffes that have occurred in the public speaking of Russian President ].		The term '''Putinism''' is often used to describe the unique peculiar words, phrases, pronunciations, malapropisms, semantic or linguistic errors and gaffes that have occurred in the public speaking of Russian President ].

	It is also used to ~~describe~~ ] of contemporary ] where all ]s and most important economic ]s are owned by a group of former ] officials ("]s") according to many political observers. The system was established under leadership of Russian president ] and therefore named after him. <ref> , By ], ], ], ] </ref> <ref> , by ], ], ], ] </ref>.		It is also used to a ] which describes ] of contemporary ] where all ]s and most important economic ]s are allegedly owned by a group of former ] officials ("]s") according to many political observers. The system was established under leadership of Russian president ] and therefore named after him. <ref> , By ], ], ], ] </ref> <ref> , by ], ], ], ] </ref>.

	The ] of Russian ] and economic assets has been allegedly accomplished by a ] of ]		The ] of Russian ] and economic assets has been allegedly accomplished by a ] of ]
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	], a former advisor of ], describes this system as a new socio-political order, "distinct from any seen in our country before". In this model, members of the Corporation of Intelligence Service Collaborators took over the entire body of state power, follow an ]-like behavior code, and "are given instruments conferring power over others – membership “perks”, such as the right to carry and use weapons". According to Illarionov, this "Corporation has seized key government agencies – the Tax Service, ], ], ], and the ] – which are now used to advance the interests of KSSS members. Through these agencies, every significant resource of the country – security/intelligence, political, economic, informational and financial – is being monopolized in the hands of Corporation members." The ] of ] is ] (“ours-ism”), the selective application of rights", he said. <ref> </ref>		], a former advisor of ], describes this system as a new socio-political order, "distinct from any seen in our country before". In this model, members of the Corporation of Intelligence Service Collaborators took over the entire body of state power, follow an ]-like behavior code, and "are given instruments conferring power over others – membership “perks”, such as the right to carry and use weapons". According to Illarionov, this "Corporation has seized key government agencies – the Tax Service, ], ], ], and the ] – which are now used to advance the interests of KSSS members. Through these agencies, every significant resource of the country – security/intelligence, political, economic, informational and financial – is being monopolized in the hands of Corporation members." The ] of ] is ] (“ours-ism”), the selective application of rights", he said. <ref> </ref>

			] himself admitted that "There is no such thing as a former KGB man" <ref name="matthews"> </ref> and that "A group of FSB colleagues dispatched to work undercover in the government has successfully completed its first mission." <ref name="Paddock"> </ref>.
	Political scientist Irina Pavlova argued that ] are not merely a corporation of people united to expropriate financial assets. They have long-standing political objectives of transforming ] to the ] and ideology ] <ref name="Pavlova"> , by Irina Pavlova, grani.ru </ref>

	Former ] general ] believes that although ] in Russia is nothing new, the current situation is different: "In the ], the ] was a state within a state. Now former KGB officers are running the state. They have custody of the country’s 6,000 nuclear weapons, entrusted to the KGB in the 1950s, and they now also manage the ] renationalized by Putin. The KGB successor, rechristened ], still has the right to electronically monitor the population, control political groups, search homes and businesses, infiltrate the federal government, create its own ], investigate cases, and run its own prison system. The Soviet Union had one KGB officer for every 428 citizens. Putin’s Russia has one FSB-ist for every 297 citizens." <ref name="front1"> , interview with ], ], ], and Lt. Gen. Tom McInerney, ], ], ]. </ref> <ref name="Pacepa0"> - by Ion Mihai Pacepa, National Review Online, ], ] </ref> ] himself admitted that "There is no such thing as a former KGB man" <ref name="matthews"> </ref> and that "A group of FSB colleagues dispatched to work undercover in the government has successfully completed its first mission." <ref name="Paddock"> </ref>.

	Russian politician ] and commentator ] define Putinism in Russia as "a ],], a ], ending of an independent judiciary, firm centralization of power and finances, and hypertrophied role of ] and ], in particular in relation to business" <ref> by Mark A. Smith ]</ref>		Russian politician ] and commentator ] define Putinism in Russia as "a ],], a ], ending of an independent judiciary, firm centralization of power and finances, and hypertrophied role of ] and ], in particular in relation to business" <ref> by Mark A. Smith ]</ref>
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The term Putinism is often used to describe the unique peculiar words, phrases, pronunciations, malapropisms, semantic or linguistic errors and gaffes that have occurred in the public speaking of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

It is also used to a conspiracy theory which describes political system of contemporary Russia where all political powers and most important economic assets are allegedly owned by a group of former state security officials ("siloviks") according to many political observers. The system was established under leadership of Russian president Vladimir Putin and therefore named after him. .

The privatization of Russian state and economic assets has been allegedly accomplished by a clique of Putin's close associates and friends who gradually became a leading group of Russian oligarchs and who "seized control over the financial, media and administrative resources of the Russian state" and restricted democratic freedoms and human rights.

Political analyst Andrei Piontkovsky considers Putinism as "the highest and culminating stage of bandit capitalism in Russia” . He believes that "Russia is not corrupt. Corruption is what happens in all countries when businessmen offer officials large bribes for favors. Today’s Russia is unique. The businessmen, the politicians, and the bureaucrats are the same people."

Andrei Illarionov, a former advisor of Vladimir Putin, describes this system as a new socio-political order, "distinct from any seen in our country before". In this model, members of the Corporation of Intelligence Service Collaborators took over the entire body of state power, follow an omerta-like behavior code, and "are given instruments conferring power over others – membership “perks”, such as the right to carry and use weapons". According to Illarionov, this "Corporation has seized key government agencies – the Tax Service, Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Parliament, and the government-controlled mass media – which are now used to advance the interests of KSSS members. Through these agencies, every significant resource of the country – security/intelligence, political, economic, informational and financial – is being monopolized in the hands of Corporation members." The ideology of chekists is Nashism (“ours-ism”), the selective application of rights", he said.

Vladimir Putin himself admitted that "There is no such thing as a former KGB man" and that "A group of FSB colleagues dispatched to work undercover in the government has successfully completed its first mission." .

Russian politician Boris Nemtsov and commentator Kara-Murza define Putinism in Russia as "a one party system,censorship, a puppet parliament, ending of an independent judiciary, firm centralization of power and finances, and hypertrophied role of special services and bureaucracy, in particular in relation to business"

Columnist George Will said that "Putinism is uprooting the shallow seedlings of democracy across Russia's 11 time zones. Putinism is becoming a toxic brew of nationalism directed against neighboring nations, and populist envy, backed by assaults of state power, directed against private wealth. Putinism is a national socialism without the demonic element of its pioneer..." .

However, according to Soviet historian Abdurakhman Avtorkhanov, the secret political police has always been an "absolute power" of the Soviet society: "It is not true that the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party is a superpower (...) An absolute power thinks, acts and dictates for all of us. The name of the power — NKVD — MVD — MGB. The Stalin regime is based not on Soviets, Party ideals, the power of the Political Bureau, Stalin’s personality, but the organization and the technique of the Soviet political police where Stalin plays the role of the first policeman.", he wrote

Se also

References

The Perils of Putinism, By Arnold Beichman, Washington Times, February 11, 2007
Putinism On the March, by George F. Will, Washington Post, November 30, 2004
The Essence of Putinism: The Strengthening of the Privatized State by Dmitri Glinski Vassiliev, Center for Strategic and International Studies, November 2000
What is ‘Putinism’?, by Andranik Migranyan, Russia in Global affairs, 13 April, 2004
Putinism: highest stage of robber capitalism, by Andrei Piontkovsky, The Russia Journal, February 7-13, 2000. The title is an allusion to work "Imperialism as the last and culminating stage of capitalism" by Vladimir Lenin
Review of Andrei's Pionkovsky's Another Look Into Putin's Soul by the Honorable Rodric Braithwaite, Hoover Institute
Andrei Illarionov: Approaching Zimbabwe (Russian) Partial English translation
A Chill in the Moscow Air - by Owen Matthews and Anna Nemtsova - Newsweek International, Feb. 6, 2006
The KGB Rises Again in Russia - by R.C. Paddock - Los Angeles Times, January 12, 2000
Russia After The Presidential Election by Mark A. Smith Conflict Studies Research Centre
"Idea which is worth of dying for it", The Chechen Times №17, 30.08.2003

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