| Course title | Russian Government |
|---|---|
| Course code | KPE/BRG |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lecture + Seminary |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| Year of study | not specified |
| Semester | Winter and summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 5 |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Status of course | Compulsory-optional |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
| Course availability | The course is available to visiting students |
| Lecturer(s) |
|---|
|
| Course content |
|
1) INTRODUCTION TO RUSSIAN POLITICS. RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT: CHRONOLOGICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE OVERVIEW. 2) THE SOVIET LEGACY. THE BEGINNING OF THE TRANSITION/DEMOCRATIZATION IN THE USSR/RUSSIA. 3, 4) THE YELTSIN ERA. INSTITUTIONAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 5) WHO IS MR. PUTIN? RUSSIA AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PUTIN ERA. 6) RUSSIA IN 2011-2012. CRIMEA´S ´RETURN HOME´ IN 2014. 7) RUSSIAN OPPOSITION IN THE PUTIN ERA. 8) CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES; 2021 ELECTIONS. SMART VOTING: PROS AND CONS. 9) LATE PUTINISM. The impact of Russian invasion of Ukraine on Russian politics, economy, and society.
|
| Learning activities and teaching methods |
| unspecified |
| Learning outcomes |
|
The course provides a broad introduction to Russian politics. It focuses on main aspects of the political development of Russia in the post-Soviet period. Students should be able to describe and analyze issues arising from institutional and constitutional development, regime evolution, the party politics, territorial arrangements, and regional politics. In addition to that, the course briefly discusses economic and social development, role of culture and sport, and the nature of civil society under Vladimir Putin´s personalized authoritarian regime. Last but not least, the impact of Russian invasion of Ukraine on (mainly) Russian politics and society will be debated.
|
| Prerequisites |
|
unspecified
|
| Assessment methods and criteria |
|
unspecified
Course requirements S e m i n a r s - d i s c u s s i o n s Students are expected to attend 90 percent of seminars and lectures. All students are expected to prepare so that they can participate fully in discussions. Students are encouraged to follow the news and current analyses. It is highly recommended to follow The Moscow Times (https://www.themoscowtimes.com/), Meduza (https://meduza.io/en), RFE/RL (https://www.rferl.org/), The Financial Times (https://www.ft.com/) Carnegie Moscow Center (https://carnegiemoscow.org/), Riddle Russia (https://www.ridl.io/en/), R.Politik (https://www.rpolitik.com/) Institute Montaigne (https://www.institutmontaigne.org/en), Institute of Modern Russia (https://imrussia.org/en), etc. P r e s e n t a t i o n / P r o f i l e Each course participant will give one very short (2-3 min) presentation. The task will be to provide a profile of a particular Russian politician or public figure and summarize his/her involvement in Russian politics. Presenters prepare a handout for every course participant. The handout should summarize major information about the researched person and a list of sources. List of persons: Mikhail Gorbachev, Andrei Sakharov; Elena Bonner; Yuri Andropov; Nikolai Ryzhkov; Anatoly Sobchak; Boris Yeltsin; Boris Berezovsky; Vladimir Zhirinovski; Yegor Gaidar; Anatoly Chubais; Grigori Yavlinski; Gennady Zyuganov; Yevgeny Primakov; Yuri Luzhkov; Viktor Chernomyrdin; Boris Nemcov; Dmitri Medvedev; Sergei Ivanov; Valentina Matvienko; Ilya Yashin; Vyacheslav Volodin; Mikhail Kasyanov; Garry Kasparov; Mikhail Prokhorov; Maria Alyokhina; Sergei Magnitsky; Anna Politkovskaya; Sergei Kovalyov; Nikita Mikhalkov; Dmitry Kiselyov; Sergei Kirienko; Yury Chaika; Sergei Sobyanin; Dmitri Gudkov; Nikita Belykh; Aleksei Venediktov; Aleksei Navalny; Ramzan Kadyrov; Mintimer Shaimiev; Rustam Minnihkanov; Igor Sechin; Gennady Timchenko; Vladimir Yakunin; Roman Abramovich; Aleksey Kudrin; Aleksey Miller; Nikolay Patrushev; Arkady Rotenberg; Vladislav Surkov; Gleb Pavlovsky; Sergei Chemezov; Viktor Cherkesov; Kirill Shamalov; Sergei Roldugin; Yevgeny Prigozhin; Ksenia Sobchak; Lyubov Sobol; Yulia Galyamina; Margarita Simonyan; Dmitry Kiselyov; Vladimir Solovyov; Viktor Zolotov. G r o u p p r e s e n t a t i o n s Length: 20-25 minutes. A visual presentation required. - Cooperative "Ozero": Roots of Putin´s kleptocracy. - The case of Yukos and Mikhail Khodorkovski. - Foreign agents and extremists under current Russian law. - The case of Sergei Furgal. Anti-Kremlin protests in Russia´s far east. - 2021 election campaign of the United Russia. The United Russia party. - The Communist Party of the Russian Federation: 1990s-2022. |
| Recommended literature |
|
|
| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): International Relations and Security (2023) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Political Science (2019) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Political Communication and Marketing (2019) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Political Communication and Marketing (2019) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): International Relations and Security (2019) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): European Studies and Diplomacy (2023) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): International Relations and Security (2019) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): European Studies and Diplomacy (2019) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Political Science (2023) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Political Science (2019) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Political Communication and Marketing (2023) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): European Studies and Diplomacy (2019) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |