Drawing on both international and Russian sources, expert analyses, and empirical data, this essay collection examines the real state of political, economic and social affairs in Russia. It explores the nature of the political regime, the rhetoric of Russian state propaganda, and delves into existing and potential socio-political divisions. The contributors also scrutinize ethno-national dynamics within the pseudo-federation, Russia's claims on Ukraine, and the concept of World Order Z. This new world order, which Russia attempts to establish through what it calls a special military operation against Ukraine, is analyzed as a tool for constructing an international system on Russian terms.

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Prof. Galyna Zelenko is Head of the Department of Political Institutions and Processes at the Kuras Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NANU), in Kyiv. She is a member of the Board of the International Political Science Association, NANU's Commission on European Integration and the Ukrainian Ministry of Education and Science Expert Group on Evaluating Social Science Institutions. Zelenko is author of more than 200 research papers as well as two monographs, and editor of 36 collective volumes.