nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/05904b24fd44e4ef DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 240208s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/05904b24fd44e4ef doi eng 342 23 von Gall, Caroline Author aut Regime Adaptation Within Russia’s Judicial Elites - The Case of Valery Zorkin von Gall, Caroline Verfassungsblog 2024-02-08 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The case of Valery Zorkin, chairman of the Russian Constitutional Court, shows how elites prioritize their own survival and therefore do not oppose a repressive and aggressive regime, most likely because they fear revenge from liberal peers and victims of the system. And since the war against Ukraine, elites have another reason to stay loyal. For those who fear being held responsible for a war of aggression and war crimes, Putin is the only “guarantor of stability.” CC BY-SA 4.0 Authoritarianism Russian Constitutional Court Russland (DE-588)4076899-5 gnd Russland Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/regime-adaptation-within-russias-judicial-elites/ raw object