Russia’s political system has frequently been criticised by Western politicians and commentators, with some observers drawing parallels between the rule of Vladimir Putin and the old Soviet regime during the communist-era. But how accurate are these criticisms? Andrei P. Tsygankov writes that a particular narrative which views Russia as a ‘neo-Soviet autocracy’ has built up in western media sources. He argues that this narrative ignores the reality of Putin’s regime and serves simply to legitimise the identity of the United States and the American-led ‘free world’ relative to that of an ‘oppressive’ Russia.
展开▼
机译：西方政客和评论员经常批评俄罗斯的政治制度，一些观察家在弗拉基米尔·普京（Vladimir Putin）统治与共产主义时期的旧苏联政权之间存在相似之处。但是这些批评有多准确？安德烈·P·齐甘科夫（Andrei P. Tsygankov）写道，西方媒体已经建立了一种特殊的叙述方式，将俄罗斯视为“新苏联专制政体”。他认为，这种叙述忽略了普京政权的现实，只是使美国和美国主导的“自由世界”的身份相对于“压迫性”俄罗斯的身份合法化。
展开▼
