Opposing Vlast: The Kasparov–Volkov Debate and New Critical Perspectives on Russia
Sergei Erofeev
2/2022
SUMMARY:
Sergei Erofeev introduces the English translation of a public debate, which was streamed online on June 26, 2022, between two leaders of the anti-Putin liberal opposition, Garry Kasparov and Leonid Volkov. Underscoring the problematic nature of the Russian state in the 2020s, Erofeev proposes characterizing Putin’s power with the Russian equivalent for the term: vlast.