Establishment of the Federal National Guard troops service of the Russian Federation as a evidence of evolutionary FSB-fication of power in Russia Cover Image

Utworzenie Federalnej Służby Gwardii Narodowej jako dowód FSB-fikacji władzy w Federacji Rosyjskiej
Establishment of the Federal National Guard troops service of the Russian Federation as a evidence of evolutionary FSB-fication of power in Russia

Author(s): Justyna Doroszczyk
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Political Sciences
Published by: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
Keywords: secret services; fsb; Russian Guards; Putin; National Guard of Russia

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to the analysis of the competence, functions and political potential of the Federal National Guard Troops Service of the Russian Federation, established in 2016. The creation of a new formation of secret service is conceptualized as a formalized example of evolutionary “fsb-fication” of power in Russian Federation. Casus of establishment of the Federal National Guard Troops Service of the Russian Federation, which is analyzed in the article, is presented as a part of the tradition of the Russian special services as a strategic tool for protecting the regime in order to manage with potential destabilization due to the presidential election in 2018.

  • Issue Year: 54/2017
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 211-228
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish
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