This profile mirrors and is kept in sync with the Russia entry in the main guide's case studies.
Overview
A closed autocracy: Vladimir Putin was re-elected to a fifth term in March 2024 with roughly 87 percent of the vote, weeks after opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in an Arctic penal colony. Freedom House rates the country "Not Free."
Analytical lens
Concepts on this wiki that help explain this case: Autocratic Legalism, Spin Dictators, Regime Types: How Democracy Is Measured.