Authoritarian Government In Russia

Throughout history the form of government adopted by states has repeatedly changed due to people or oligarch’s pressure to obtain a better management of the country and of their interest. It is of fundamental importance to see how the transition between a form of government and the following one took place. Roughly we can identify two ways in which this transition can occur: the first one is a peaceful shift, a compromise between the request of the people and the position of the government on the subject that satisfy both in the long run, the second one is a revolution. We need to make a further division about the outcome of a revolution, doesn’t matter if violent or not, meaning if it leads to an improvement or worsening of the state of democracy

A revolution is not something that happens in a day but is the result of a chronic discontent due to the lack of primary goods and huge gap between the rich and the poor. This situation can be found in both revolutions even though the historical context was completely different. At this point the real question becomes: will a country have a different type of authoritarian government even after a revolution because it has always been like so? This question can be summarized into a simpler sentence, it a specific country authoritarian by nature?

In the case of Russia even though the answer might appear surprising at first is “no”. Russia is not an authoritarian country by nature because politicians and institutions change and evolve accordingly to the global situation, preventing an authoritarian state to become an eternal form of

First between all is the influence exerted by other countries and supranational institutions which push for a substantive liberal democracy as the ultimate form of government in the world. The strength of the countries that decides to adopt this form of government are automatic good diplomatic relationships with countries that has made the same choice and the formation of political-economical union such as the European Union. These unions increase the power of the single members in the global scenario and substitute national regulations especially on trades and borders with the ones made by the union. Russia was able to remain on the global scenario in the 20th century for its capacity of producing nuclear weapons and the threat represented by the communist ideology to the western society. With the non-proliferation treaties of nuclear weapons and the fall of the Soviet Union the Russian Federation has to figure out a way to avoid a decline on the international scenario and preserve its identity at the same time. The second reason why Russia is unlikely to remain an authoritarian government is represented by the diffusion of the internet, considered by many as something anarchic that will remain as such until a whole set of law are made and enforced. The fact that many states use censorship on the internet does not block completely the exposure of people to different kinds of