Russian digital authoritarianism at the time of COVID-19
Russian digital authoritarianism at the time of COVID-19
Author(s): Maria DomańskaContributor(s): Iwona Reichardt (Translator)
Subject(s): Government/Political systems, Security and defense, Behaviorism, Health and medicine and law, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Kolegium Europy Wschodniej im. Jana Nowaka-Jeziorańskiego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: Russian digital authoritarianism; COVID-19 pandemic; public security and civil liberties;
Summary/Abstract: The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is a classic example of an extraordinary situation which adds to the discussion regarding the ideal balance between public security and civil liberties. As expected, in Vladimir Putin’s Russia, security has been treated as a pretext to expand the state’s authority at the cost of individuals’ rights. The pandemic has been a catalyst which accelerates and expands implementation of advanced digital technologies that are aimed to tighten the authoritarian hold over society. The authorities use them to monitor the citizens, manipulate behaviour, coerce people into political loyalty and to repress the opposition.
Journal: New Eastern Europe
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 05 (43)
- Page Range: 21-27
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
