A Post-Putin Russia
Reuters investigative correspondent Catherine Belton, Putin’s People,"and New Yorker Moscow correspondent Joshua Yaffa, Between Two Fires, discussed Vladimir Putin’s Russia. This program was part of the 21st annual National Book Festival, a virtual event hosted by the Library of Congress.
Description
Reuters investigative correspondent Catherine Belton, "Putin’s People," and New Yorker Moscow correspondent Joshua Yaffa, "Between Two Fires," discussed what may happen after Vladimir Putin’s control of Russia ends. This program was part of the 21st annual National Book Festival, a virtual event hosted by the Library of Congress.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- According to Joshua Yaffa, what is Vladimir Putin's plan for the near to medium future? How would Putin become a "lame duck?"
- Based on the clip, what was the "point" of Russia's Constitutional Referendum of 2020?
- What does Yaffa say allows "Putin to retain power in the here and now?"
- According to Yaffa, what will the transfer of power from Putin represent? What other effects will the transition have on Russian society?
- Into what two groups do Yaffa and Catherine Belton say Russia may be split during a transition of power from Putin?
- What does Belton say has been the Russian Security Forces' (i.e., the Federal Security Service or FSB) plan to prepare for the "biological clock?"
- Based on the clip, summarize the historical "swings" regarding Russia's view of the west.
Additional Resources
Participants
Vocabulary
- Apparatus
- Arbiter
- Contingent
- Double Think
- Faction
- Federal Security Service
- Kremlin
- Lame Duck
- Moscow
- Regime
- Sociological
- Soviet Russia
- Vladimir Putin