Date of Award
Winter 3-22-2025
Document Type
Undergraduate Honors Thesis
Degree Name
B.A. in International Studies
Organizational Unit
Josef Korbel School of International Studies
First Advisor
Lewis K. Griffith
Second Advisor
Mayumi Beckelheimer
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Keywords
Russia, Yabloko, People's Freedom Party (PARNAS), Russia of the Future, Opposition, Repression, Non-systemic opposition, Alexei Navalny, Vladimir Putin, Process tracing, 1990-2024
Abstract
What factors illustrate the differences in how the Kremlin under President Vladimir Putin responds to non-systemic political opposition groups in Russia? While existing literature on political opposition theory is expansive, more research specifically addressing contemporary Russian opposition forces is necessary. In particular, it is useful to zoom in on specific non-systemic opposition parties within Russia, as opposed to the customary method of using countries holistically as cases (Kubát 2010; Helms 2023; Eckstein 1967; Taylor 1988) . As such, my research seeks to demonstrate the value of appropriate theoretical frameworks to understand and measure individual non-systemic opposition parties’ actions and subsequent treatment by the Kremlin, rather than the trajectory of Russia’s opposition as a whole.
The content of my research is divided into two sections. First, there is no academic database or repository detailing what significant non-systemic opposition parties exist under the Putin regime in the first place, so one is created to better contextualize this research. Then, the focus shifts toward exploring the variations in the Kremlin’s repression of said parties.
Primary sources in Western media, Russian media, and opposition media are compiled for several non-systemic opposition parties in Russia as case studies. Through a qualitative examination of these cases, the realities of what factors play the largest role in the Kremlin’s reactions toward different non-systemic opposition parties will be observed.
*File revised Dec 2025.
Copyright Date
1-19-2025
Publication Statement
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Rights Holder
Brock B. Anderson
Provenance
Received from author
File Format
application/pdf
Language
English (eng)
Extent
95 pgs
File Size
900 KB
Recommended Citation
Anderson, Brock B., "Examining Variations in the Kremlin’s Repression of Non-Systemic Political Opposition Parties Under the Putin Regime" (2025). Undergraduate Theses, Capstones, and Recitals. 41.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/undergraduate_theses/41
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