DBWI:Russia a dictatorship

samcster94

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Since 1991, Russia has had regular elections, and once had a party transfer in the early 2000's. Few would say it is, or ever will, be fully democratic, but Yeltsin's death in 1993 from a heart attack did contribute to the current status quo. Hardly anyone would call it a dictatorship though, as there is some freedom of the press and there is a diversity of opinions, even if slanted well to the right except for the New Russian Communist Party{which has some socially liberal, by Russian standards, ideas}. The challenge is: could Russia be a dictatorship in 2017???
 
It would certainly be possible. All you need is for some conservative hawk to seize power in a coup and you're there. I'd be hard pressed to actually name such a guy, but with the political climate that has developed in the 21st century in Russia I'm sure there's someone who would fit the bill.

Or, alternatively, you could have the New Russian Communist Party seize power. It's only the third most popular party by a considerable margin, granted, but it certainly has enough popular acceptance (if not outright support) to mantain authority.
 
There's a TL on this board called "Putin's Russian Empire" which covers this topic quite nicely. Ex KGB dude maneuvers his way into power and fucks with the Russian economy by getting fuck tonnes of sanctions, but he's real popular. It's great, current plot *spoilers* has Donald Trump become president of the USA with the Kremlin accused of doing some fuckery to the elections, that Breibart dude is in the white house, the EU is under threat, not sure where it's going but it's a great (if slightly ASB) read.
 
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There's a TL on this board called "Putin's Russian Empire" which covers this topic quite nicely. Ex KGB dude maneuvers his way into power and fucks with the Russian economy by getting fuck tonnes of sanctions, but he's real popular. It's great, current plot *spoilers* has Donald Trump become president of the USA with the Kremlin accused of doing some fuckery to the elections, that Breibart dude is in the white house, the EU is under threat, not sure where it's going but it's a great (if slightly ASB) read.

Seems like a an interesting timeline. It's probably more sane than you give it credit for, although I really can't see Trump becoming president of the US (seriously, even the Americans don't elect wackos of that magnitude).

It doesn't seem to have a reformed RCP, although curiously the RCP seems to be far more popular despite being led by Stalin apologists, moving up to second most popular, taking the place of the isolationist Russian Independence Coalition (he actually seems to imply that this party does not exist!)
 
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Maybe Ukraine wouldn't be under a Svoboda Party regime aligned with China ITTL? Anti-Russian sentiment led to the rise of the Svoboda Party historically and due to Russia's friendship with the West, said Ukrainian regime aligned itself with China.
 
There's a TL on this board called "Putin's Russian Empire" which covers this topic quite nicely. Ex KGB dude maneuvers his way into power and fucks with the Russian economy by getting fuck tonnes of sanctions, but he's real popular. It's great, current plot *spoilers* has Donald Trump become president of the USA with the Kremlin accused of doing some fuckery to the elections, that Breibart dude is in the white house, the EU is under threat, not sure where it's going but it's a great (if slightly ASB) read.

LOVE that TL - Putin probably is one of the most magnificent basterds created on this board!

As for how to turn Russia into a dictatorship, it DOES provide some guides - keeping President Bush from winning his second term in 92 (and thus offering that critical development aid and NATO membership to Russia) is a great, even if having that billionaire run third party is an odd way to get Bush to lose to Clinton. That money and those diplomatic ties did a lot to stabilize Russia in the 90s, to say nothing of greater integration with the West - hard to picture the EU without the Germany-France-Russia triumvirate.

Have Governor Clinton win (maybe keep those affairs under wraps), and neglect the diplomatic front to gorge on the peace dividend, and you'd pull the rug out from under 90s Russia. Just look what isolation and a bad economy did to Ukraine... the Ukrainian refugee population here in Richmond talks about the 90s in Ukraine the way my grandparents talk about the Depression.
 
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