Utopia modernizacji surowcowej na przykładzie Federacji Rosyjskiej w okresie 2000-2008
The Utopia of Raw Material Modernization in the Example of the Russian Federation in 2000–2008

Summary/Abstract: This article presents the state of research into a particular type of states called petrostates, including the Russian Federation during the rule of President Putin. Countries whose economy is based on raw materials face a number of problems called the “curse of mineral resources”, which significantly hinder modernization processes. Petrostates are characterized by conservative structures at the levels of the elite, the bureaucracy and interest groups which only look for gains from resource rent. Russia is no exception with its very limited capacity of modernization rooted in the industrial age, which when combined with the system limits of the Russian economy makes all top-down modernization plans unrealistic. Ideas of rebuilding Russia’s position as a superpower based on raw materials, which are manifested in the concept of an energy superpower, must therefore be regarded as imitations of modernization – the Russian version of a petrostate.

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