Putin's new National Guard: bulwark against mass protests and illoyal elites

Comment | Stellungnahme

A new Russian security organ was created on 3 July 2016. The National Guard takes over the interior ministry's internal troops and police special forces and places them directly under the president's control. The new force's remit ranges from public order through counter-extremism and counter-terrorism to assistance in territorial defence and border protection. This reform represents the most significant restructuring of Russia's internal security organs in more than ten years, and exposes Putin's concerns over the robustness of his political system in face of persistent economic crisis and upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections. In this context the National Guard can serve not only as an instrument of repression against possible mass protests, but also as a means of disciplining potentially illoyal elite groups. (author's abstract)

Object Details

• Alternative title: Russlands neue Nationalgarde: eine Rückversicherung für Putin gegen Massenproteste und illoyale Eliten
• ISSN: 1861-1761
• Extent: Seite(n): 4
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: SWP Comment (41/2016)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Politikwissenschaft ; Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, Sicherheitspolitik ; Russland ; innere Sicherheit ; Polizei ; öffentliche Ordnung ; Terrorismusbekämpfung ; Grenzschutz ; Sicherheitspolitik ; Sicherheitssektor ; Reform ; paramilitärischer Verband ; Putin, V. ; Machtsicherung ; Elite ; Repression

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Klein, Margarete
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit
• (where): Deutschland, Berlin
• (when): 2016

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-48314-3
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:26 PM CEST