abstract: The modern Russian regime is one of the more prominent states espousing an explicitly illiberal ideological worldview domestically and abroad.Although regime illiberalism is many-sided, including authoritarian governance characteristics, international diffusion practices, and domestic political management, observers have often assumed that illiberalism is at its core an instrumental or cynical approach employed by the Russian leadership to bolster regime security and promote its foreign policy.T
journal: Journal of Illiberalism Studies