Russia is in fact the posterchild for full-blown authoritarian neoliberalism and in many respects the neoconservative and neo-traditionalist discourse emanating from the center is intended to distract and displace opposition within the country to the terrible life-chances of all but a tiny, privileged percentage of the population
—Jeremy Morris, „Russia’s Vanguard Authoritarian Neoliberal System“, in Backlash: The Global Rise of the Radical Right, (London: Pluto Press, 2026), 123.
„They“ really are „us“ – the feeling of familiarity I get in Russia can be disconcerting. It’s like looking at oneself through a sort of distorted mirror.