Living the High Life in Minsk : : Russian Energy Rents, Domestic Populism and Belarus' Impending Crisis / / Margarita M. Balmaceda.

Looks at the sources of stability and instability in post-Soviet authoritarian states through the case study of President Lukashenka's firm hold on power in Belarus. In particular, it seeks to understand the role of energy relations, policies, and discourses in the maintenance of this power. Th...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Place / Publishing House:Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2022]
©2014
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (234 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Tables, Graphs and Figures
  • Preface and Acknowledgements
  • Note on Sources and Transliteration
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Belarus: Between Russia and the West, and at the Very Core of the Soviet System
  • 3. The “High Years”: Energy and Russian-Belarusian Relations, 1994–2004
  • 4. Nomenklatura Players, Energy Corruption, and Belarus’ “Energy-Political Model”
  • 5. The “Low Years”: Energy and Russian–Belarusian Relations, 2004–2009
  • 6. The Energy Prologue and the Aftermath to the 2010 Elections: from Euphoria to Forced Concessions
  • 7. Conclusion
  • Map
  • Bibliography
  • Index