Putin and the Costs of Being Wrong

<p>Since mid-2019, Moscow experiences a wave of public protests, triggered by the decision of the government not to allow several opposition candidates to run for the city parliament in the elections scheduled for September. How can we explain this unprecedented rise of spontaneous protests ac...

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Main Author: Alexander Libman
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Published: Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog GmbH
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Online Access:https://verfassungsblog.de/putin-and-the-costs-of-being-wrong/
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description <p>Since mid-2019, Moscow experiences a wave of public protests, triggered by the decision of the government not to allow several opposition candidates to run for the city parliament in the elections scheduled for September. How can we explain this unprecedented rise of spontaneous protests activity? For me, the protests in Moscow are an example of a core problem any authoritarian regime faces but which is frequently overlooked by the analysts and scientists: the risks of mistakes. </p>
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spelling doaj.art-d25a9437aa4f4fab930e948c7de55cf12022-12-22T00:44:01ZdeuMax Steinbeis Verfassungsblog GmbHVerfassungsblog2366-70442366-7044Putin and the Costs of Being WrongAlexander Libman<p>Since mid-2019, Moscow experiences a wave of public protests, triggered by the decision of the government not to allow several opposition candidates to run for the city parliament in the elections scheduled for September. How can we explain this unprecedented rise of spontaneous protests activity? For me, the protests in Moscow are an example of a core problem any authoritarian regime faces but which is frequently overlooked by the analysts and scientists: the risks of mistakes. </p> https://verfassungsblog.de/putin-and-the-costs-of-being-wrong/Authoritarianism, Electoral Fraud, Vladimir Putin
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Putin and the Costs of Being Wrong
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title Putin and the Costs of Being Wrong
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