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Special Issue: Grassroots Conservatism: Attitudes, Actors, and Scenes of the Conservative Revival in Russia and Central Asia (Guest editor: Marlene Laruelle)

Russia’s “conservative turn” after 2012: evidence from the European Social Survey

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Pages 194-219 | Received 15 Apr 2021, Accepted 27 Apr 2022, Published online: 06 Jun 2022

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