Chapter 13; Russia Articles
FITU
Federation of Independent Trade Unions (Intro to Comparative Politics, Kesselman, Krieger,and Joseph, page 585)
Franz von Liszt
German lawyer. (Killing Russian Criminal Law, Bogush, page 2)
glasnot
Gorbachev's policy of "openness," which involved an easing of controls on the media, arts, and public discussion. (Intro to Comparative Politics, Kesselman, Krieger,and Joseph, page 552)
IHS Markit
In 2015, Russia was the world's second-largest producer of petroleum and natural gas, and the oil and natural gas sector accounted for approximately 8% of Russia's gross domestic product (GDP). (EIA: Declining oil revenues in Russia are adversely affecting its regional neighbours, page 1)
Dacha
summer house (Intro to Comparative Politics, Kesselman, Krieger,and Joseph, page 552)
Krais
territories (Intro to Comparative Politics, Kesselman, Krieger,and Joseph, page 571)
Yevgeny Zinkevich
the head of the Kaliningrad regional FSB. (Putin's New Strongmen Governors, Pertsev, page 1)
ARPF
All Russia People's Front (Putin Indulges the Duma, Tatyana Stanovaya, page 1)
Manat
Azerbaijani Currency (EIA: Declining oil revenues in Russia are adversely affecting its regional neighbours, page 2)
CSTO
Collective Security Treaty Organization (Intro to Comparative Politics, Kesselman, Krieger,and Joseph, page 588)
CPRF
Communist Party of the Russian Federation (Intro to Comparative Politics, Kesselman, Krieger,and Joseph, page 578)
CPSU
Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Intro to Comparative Politics, Kesselman, Krieger,and Joseph, page 550)
Article 282 of the Criminal Code
1. Actions aimed at the incitement of national, racial, or religious enmity, abasement of human dignity, and also propaganda of the exceptionality, superiority, or inferiority of individuals by reason of their attitude to religion, national, or racial affiliation, if these acts have been committed in public or with the use of mass media, shall be punishable by a fine in the amount of 500 to 800 minimum wages, or in the amount of the wage or salary, or any other income of the convicted person for a period of five to eight months, or by restraint of liberty for a term of up to three years, or by deprivation of liberty for a term of two to four years. 2. The same acts committed: a) with the use of violence or with the threat of its use; b) by a person through his official position; c) by an organized group, shall be punishable by deprivation of liberty for a term of three to five years. (Killing Russian Criminal Law, Bogush, page 1)
Oligarchs
A small group of powerful and wealthy individuals who gained ownership and control of important sectors of Russia's economy in the context of privatization of state assets in the 1990s. (Intro to Comparative Politics, Kesselman, Krieger,and Joseph, page 557)
Vanguard Party
A political party that claims to operate in the "true" interest of the group or class that it purports to represent, even if this understanding doesn't correspond to the expressed interests of the group itself. (Intro to Comparative Politics, Kesselman, Krieger,and Joseph, page 548)
Federal System
A political structure in which subnational units have significant independent powers; the powers of each level are usually specified in the federal constitution. (Intro to Comparative Politics, Kesselman, Krieger,and Joseph, page 571)
Collectivization
A process undertaken in the Soviet Union under Stalin from 1929 into the early 1930s and in China under Mao in the 1950s, by which agricultural land was removed from private ownership and organized into large state and collective farms. (Intro to Comparative Politics, Kesselman, Krieger,and Joseph, page 549)
Market Reform
A strategy of economic transformation that involves reducing the role of the state in managing the economy and increasing the role of market forces. (Intro to Comparative Politics, Kesselman, Krieger,and Joseph, page 557)
Patrimonial State
A system of governance in which the ruler treats the state as personal property (patrimony). (Intro to Comparative Politics, Kesselman, Krieger,and Joseph, page 548)
Democratic Centralism
A system of political organization developed by VI Lenin and practiced, with modifications, by all communist party-states. Its principles include a hierarchical party structure. (Intro to Comparative Politics, Kesselman, Krieger,and Joseph, page 548)
Power Vertical
A term used by Vladimir Putin to describe a unified and hierarchical structure of executive power ranging from the national to the local level. (Intro to Comparative Politics, Kesselman, Krieger,and Joseph, page 571)
Dmitry Mironov
Deputy Interior Affairs Minister (Putin's New Strongmen Governors, Pertsev, page 1)
Siloviki
Derived from the this refers to Russian word sil, meaning "force," this refers to Russian politicians and governmental officials drawn from the security and intelligence agencies, special forces, or the military, many of whom were recruited to important political posts under Vladimir Putin. (Intro to Comparative Politics, Kesselman, Krieger,and Joseph, page 569)
FSB
Domestic Security Service (Putin's New Strongmen Governors, Pertsev, page 1)
ECHR
European Court of Human Rights (Intro to Comparative Politics, Kesselman, Krieger,and Joseph, page 563)
EU
European Union (Intro to Comparative Politics, Kesselman, Krieger,and Joseph, page 562)
Clientelistic Networks
Informal systems of asymmetrical power in which a powerful patron (e.g., the president, prime minister, or governor) offers less powerful clients resources, benefits, or career advantages in return for support, loyalty, or services. (Intro to Comparative Politics, Kesselman, Krieger,and Joseph, page 569)
IMF
International monetary Fund (Intro to Comparative Politics, Kesselman, Krieger,and Joseph, page 562)
LDPR
Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (Intro to Comparative Politics, Kesselman, Krieger,and Joseph, page 579)
NEP
New Economic Policy (Intro to Comparative Politics, Kesselman, Krieger,and Joseph, page 548)
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Intro to Comparative Politics, Kesselman, Krieger,and Joseph, page 550)
Nashi
Ours (Intro to Comparative Politics, Kesselman, Krieger,and Joseph, page 591)
PCA
Partnership and cooperation Agreement (Intro to Comparative Politics, Kesselman, Krieger,and Joseph, page 563)
Vyacheslav Volodin
Putin's deputy chief of staff. (Putin Indulges the Duma, Tatyana Stanovaya, page 1)
Alexey Dyumin
Putin's former bodyguard (Putin's New Strongmen Governors, Pertsev, page 1)
Kaliningrad
Region in Russia. (Putin's New Strongmen Governors, Pertsev, page 1)
Yaroslavl
Region in Russia. (Putin's New Strongmen Governors, Pertsev, page 1)
RT
Russia Today (Intro to Comparative Politics, Kesselman, Krieger,and Joseph, page 586)
vKontake.ru
Russian Facebook (Intro to Comparative Politics, Kesselman, Krieger,and Joseph, page 585)
RUB
Russian ruble (EIA: Declining oil revenues in Russia are adversely affecting its regional neighbours, page 2)
SCO
Shanghai Cooperation Organization (Intro to Comparative Politics, Kesselman, Krieger,and Joseph, page 588)
Insider Privatization
The transformation of formerly state-owned enterprises into joint-stock companies or private enterprises in which majority control is in the hands of employees and / or managers. (Intro to Comparative Politics, Kesselman, Krieger,and Joseph, page 557)
USD
U.S. dollars (EIA: Declining oil revenues in Russia are adversely affecting its regional neighbours, page 1)
Hryvnia
Ukrainian Currency (EIA: Declining oil revenues in Russia are adversely affecting its regional neighbours, page 2)
USSR
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Intro to Comparative Politics, Kesselman, Krieger,and Joseph, page 548)
Som
Uzbekistani Currency (EIA: Declining oil revenues in Russia are adversely affecting its regional neighbours, page 2)
WTO
World Trade Organization (Intro to Comparative Politics, Kesselman, Krieger,and Joseph, page 562)
Rossiiskii
a broader civic concept referring to people of various ethnic backgrounds who make up the Russian citizenry. (Intro to Comparative Politics, Kesselman, Krieger,and Joseph, page 582)
Yarovaya laws
a controversial package of legislative amendments. It makes "failure to report a crime" a criminal offense; any individual who becomes aware of "reliable information" about plans to carry out an act of terrorism, armed mutiny, or any of a dozen other crimes and does not notify the authorities will face up to a year in prison. The package also significantly expands the list of offenses for which minors starting at the age of fourteen can be held criminally responsible. the legislation significantly increases the already stiff penalties for committing "extremist crimes." Organizing an extremist community, which was previously punishable by a fine of up to 200,000 rubles, now carries a sentence of two to six years in prison. The minimum sentence for violating the infamous Article 282 of the Criminal Code (incitement of hatred) has been increased to two years. Prison sentences for certain non-violent "extremist" crimes will potentially be twice as long. (Killing Russian Criminal Law, Bogush, page 1)
Demokratizatsiia
a type of limited democratization (Intro to Comparative Politics, Kesselman, Krieger,and Joseph, page 552)
Perestroika
economic restructuring (Intro to Comparative Politics, Kesselman, Krieger,and Joseph, page 552)
Sil
force (Intro to Comparative Politics, Kesselman, Krieger,and Joseph, page 569)
GDP
gross domestic product (EIA: Declining oil revenues in Russia are adversely affecting its regional neighbours, page 1)
NGOs
non-government organization (Intro to Comparative Politics, Kesselman, Krieger,and Joseph, page 583)
Glasnost
openness (Intro to Comparative Politics, Kesselman, Krieger,and Joseph, page 552)
Russkii
refers to an ethnicity (Intro to Comparative Politics, Kesselman, Krieger,and Joseph, page 582)
Oblasts
regions (Intro to Comparative Politics, Kesselman, Krieger,and Joseph, page 571)
KGB
secret police (Intro to Comparative Politics, Kesselman, Krieger,and Joseph, page 550)
Cheka
security arm of the regime (Intro to Comparative Politics, Kesselman, Krieger,and Joseph, page 548)
