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New Elites Taking Shape and the Russian Economy
Russia is a country in flux because Putinism, like Stalinism, is now the rule of the land. After the Second World War, forgive me, the Great Patriotic War, the Soviets rebuilt the state. They primarily used veterans of the war who passed loyalty tests in some way or another.
So Volymedia posted this today, and it got my attention. One reason for this is that not only does it follow a pattern, but Vladimir Putin himself was a product of that new elite formation, even if he was the son of a service member. That service in the Red Army was part of the process. Putin is repeating this by creating a new generation of bureaucrats who will ultimately be loyal to the system. So here you go, read this in the light of building a loyal satrapy:
SS for the poor. Who came up with and how the “Time of Heroes” program will work?
On February 29, Putin* announced the launch of the “Time of Heroes” program. Veterans of the invasion of Ukraine with higher education and management experience can take part in it. The essence of the program is to turn former soldiers into management personnel and place them at all levels of government in all regions of the Russian Federation. Registration of participants ended on April 8; there were 44,327 participants. By the end of April, they will undergo an “online test of management potential”…