Gleb Pavlovsky quotes

Gleb Pavlovsky was a Russian political scientist, consultant, and journalist, known for his influence on post-Soviet Russian politics. A prominent strategist, he played a key role in shaping political technologies and campaigns in Russia during the 1990s and 2000s. He later became a vocal critic of the Kremlin and contributed to political analysis and media. Here are 5 of his quotes:

Prior to all overturns of XX century, without an exception, Russian opposition has accused authorities in "transferring funds to abroad". And in all cases in turned out to be void propaganda - from 1914-1917 to 1991. And money were transferred later, after the revolution, under brands of "people's power" and "won democracy". The only real way of plundering through "transfer of funds" is change of political system, which would transform into zeroing of all governmental promissory notes. As soon as Russia will become "Other Russia", all the property will turn out to be transferred, "nobody's". And people will be informed, that "previous power has eaten all".

Gleb Pavlovsky

Power in Russia today is the power that's established, mounted. It arises anew and it's authoritarian in its technology, but not in its program. It doesn't know which one it wants to be and can be - this depends on its future programming by people, i. e. you.

Gleb Pavlovsky

Today Putin's system of power and Russia - are the same. Putin accustoms the world to the fact disguisting for it, the world, the fact of existence of strong national Russia, "Putin's Russia". Russia without Putin is geopolitically impossible today, it would be just no one's land. All other details should be considered in this context.

Gleb Pavlovsky

Answering the question "How do you explain growth of the part of Russians indifferent to politics?", Pavlovsky said: Throughout the last hundred years Russia several times all without exceptions lived with great political projects. Every time livestock of the nation steadily diminished after that, politized condition is always temporary for a person, not quite normal condition. Nowadays we are passing through period of silence, outer peace (most probably, not long) and reconciliation with quiet not rich existence without great risky perspectives. Pray to drag this time out for 4-8 years more.

Gleb Pavlovsky