Citizens as State Assets

To understand Russia’s political structure, start with the idea that the state often treats people less as citizens than as usable assets. It can tax, draft, silence, pressure, and extract whatever the system needs: money, labor, loyalty, or bodies. This helps explain why official patriotism can exist alongside ordinary life that feels like a permanent shakedown. The mechanism resembles an internal empire, colonizing its own population as well as territories beyond its borders.

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