Revealing the Emptiness

"The political regime in Russia seems to have fallen into a deep aesthetic crisis, which also has important political consequences. This has manifested itself, for example, in Vladimir Putin’s journey with migrating cranes, undertaken in September 2012, in order to draw a parallel between him as a strong leader able to show the way forward for the country and the leader of a flock of birds."

Andrey Devyatkov from Tyumen State University discusses the Russian authorities' flirtation with social media, and the idea that new media does not always change old political habits.

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