Why Are the Westernizers Liberals in Russia Oppose President Putin?

Опубликовано: 01 Февраль 2025
на канале: Vladimir Brovkin
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This video is the beginning of a new series of answering your questions and comments. The question above was posed by one of subscribers. We shall consider historical background of Westernizers in Russia after the collapse of the USSR, attitudes to government by the common people, and the meaning of opposition when and if it is displayed.
Dr. Brovkin is a Russian born American historian, now retired, used to serve as an Associate Professor of Soviet History at Harvard University in the 1990s. He testified before the US House Committee on banking in 1999 in connection of the Russian money laundering. He is the author of many books and articles on Russian history and politics, the latest being: From Vladimir Lenin to Vladimir Putin. Russia in Search of its Identity (London Routledge 2024) , as well as Russia After Lenin: Politics, Culture, Society, (Routledge 1998) and Behind the Front Lines of the Civil War. PoliticalParties and SocialMovements in Russia andothers,all availabe from Amazon.com.
For those of you who are in Russia you can get one of my books in Russian language: Великая Октябрьская Катастрова. It is available at Ozon.ru.
And finally an article mentioned in the video: Making Money, Moving Money, Parking Money Overseas is avalable in Democratizatsiya journal 2002 vol.9 umber 1, link here https://demokratizatsiya.pub/archives...