After Putin? Russia's Presidential Elections

For law and order. DPNI

Source: Author

Comments: An example of growing Russian nationalism and the public demand for stability. A protest against illegal immigration, November 4, 2004. The banner reads: “For law and order. DPNI” (DPNI is the ultra-right wing Movement Against Illegal Immigration)

Russian nationalist march

Source: Author

Comments: November 4, 2007

Mobilizing the Next Generation: Youth for Putin.

Source: Author

Comments: A Young Guard’s concert, November 4, 2007. The flag reads “I am for” and then the picture of Putin.

“Putin’s Russia: United and Invincible.”

Source: Author

Comments: Campaign poster before the December 2007 Parliamentary elections supporting United Russia, Putin’s party. The poster reads: “Putin’s Russia: United and Invincible.” The poster reflects Putin’s popularity and the way that the President has come to personify Russia’s current direction.

“Putin’s Plan is Russia’s Victory! The December 2 Elections!”

Comments: Campaign poster before the December 2007 Parliamentary elections supporting United Russia, Putin’s party. The poster reads: “Putin’s Plan is Russia’s Victory! The December 2 Elections!” The poster reflects Putin’s popularity and the way that the President has come to personify Russia’s current direction.

Great Russian Patriotism

Source: Author

Comments: Great Russian Patriotism. A statue dedicated to the Soviet victory in World War II (at the WWII Museum, Moscow)

“Moscow Votes for Putin!”

Source: Author

Comments: Campaign poster before the December 2007 Parliamentary elections supporting United Russia, Putin’s party. The bottom poster reads: “Moscow Votes for Putin!” The poster reflects Putin’s popularity and the way that the President has come to personify Russia’s current direction.

“For Our Soviet Motherland.”

Source: Author

Comments: The Cult of Soviet Patriotism in Recent Russian Nationalism. Flag reads: “For Our Soviet Motherland.” The World War II Museum.

Independence Day 2005

Source: Mark Soderstrom

Comments: Independence Day 2005, St. Petersburg--Major patriotic event in the city and youth event

Street Scene, Ulan Ude

Source: Mark Soderstrom

Comments: Street Scene, Ulan Ude. Ulan Ude is the capital of the Buriat Republic. Shows Russia's multiethnic nature

Residential Building, Aleksandrov.

Source: Mark Soderstrom

Comments: Residential Building, Aleksandrov. "Glory to our Motherland!" in letters on roof.

The Russian White House

Source: Nick Breyfogle

Comments: The Russian White House. The Russian Parliament Building, Moscow. Bombed in 1993 during the standoff between then President Boris Yeltsin and the Parliament, now repaired.

“The Path to a New Russia Leads through Peace in Chechnya”

Source: Nick Breyfogle

Comments: Photo of Political rally during the lead up to the 1996 Presidential elections won by Boris Yeltsin. The white posters read: “The Path to a New Russia Leads through Peace in Chechnya” and “Let’s Stop the War Together.” The posters reflect the importance of the Chechen war in determining the outcomes of Russian politics in the 1990s. The woman on stage second from the right who holds a banner for the Committee of Soldiers’ Mothers of Russia, a group opposed to the loss of life in the Chechen conflict. The politicians on-stage waiting to speak include General Alexander Lebed (third from left) and Grigory Yavlinsky (leader of the liberal Yabloko party).

The Kremlin, Moscow.

Source: Nick Breyfogle

Homeless protester

Source: Nick Breyfogle

Comments: Newly homeless man protests against the changing economic situation in Russia in the early 1990s.

“We are Building Communism.”

Source: Nick Breyfogle

Comments: Communist era mural. Reads: “We are Building Communism.” Fear of a return to Communism in the 1990s prompted the current Russian Presidential political system.