Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin : A Study of a Rank-and-File Actor in an Authoritarian Regime

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Authors	SYROVÁTKA Jonáš HOLZER Jan
Year of publication	2024
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Europe-Asia Studies
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Social Studies
Citation
Web	https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09668136.2024.2351049#abstract
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2024.2351049
Keywords	personalized autocracy; Russian political regime; Prime Minister; Mikhail Mishustin; Constitutional amendments; Russian invasion of Ukraine
Description	The article analyses the thinking of the Russian prime minister, Mikhail Mishustin, about the current political regime. The analysis considers his personal policy agenda, which is informed by serving in technocratic positions and his ideological positioning within the Russian political elite, as well as the role of the prime minister in Russian politics. Special attention is dedicated to Mishustin’s perception of the invasion of Ukraine and its impact on Russian politics. Our findings illuminate the role of rank-and-file political actors not only in the context of the Russian non-democratic regime but in personalised autocracies in general.