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About Russian political scientists.

Alexey Tokarev,

Research Fellow, Center for Global Issues

IMI MGIMO (U) MFA of Russia

Back at the end of last year, two months before the start of the discussion (and of my own defense), I submitted a publicistic text about who Russian political scientists are to a popular socio-political publication. The publication was not interested.

And then a discussion initiated by M.V. Ilyin, discovered that an attempt to classify political scientists and "political scientists" was undertaken by Yu.G. Korgunyuk. I believe that the high scientific authority of the debaters and their ethics do not allow them to call things by their proper names, forcing them to use the art of euphemisms. "You won't get surnames from me!" - told me (albeit on a different occasion) at the last congress of political scientists A.Yu. Melville. My degree has not even been approved by the Higher Attestation Commission, and therefore I can allow myself a note of youthful enthusiasm, subjectivity and exaggeration.

Over the past 20 years, the Russian authorities and the Russian mass media have formed a stable stereotype of the mass consciousness regarding policy analysis. A political scientist is a subjective commentator on political events with a claim to expert knowledge that has no boundaries. Where the label was hung by the media (often represented by a political scientist Mikhail Khazin periodically disowns his title), where he is attached independently (my good friend does not at all own the categorical apparatus of political science, but in all interviews a “political scientist” is proudly presented) - it is already difficult to figure it out.

Meanwhile, political science is a science, and a political scientist is a scientist. Political science: with its own categorical apparatus, its own approaches, research methods, theoretical and applied level of knowledge, etc. Political scientist: not necessarily with a position in an academic institution, a scientific degree, or a claim to be scientific in speech.

A political scientist is a style of thinking, an objective description of a phenomenon as a goal scientific activities... An increase in the volume of knowledge about specific political processes, which is achieved by painstaking work using scientific methods, and not by talking about everything political from the height of a giraffe, to which parrots with feathers assent.

The political scientist has no civic position. He is outside of ideology. There are no liberal, conservative, socialist, Eurasian, pro-Western political scientists. A laboratory technician examining tissue under a microscope cannot wedge in between cells.

According to the degree of objectivity, modern Russian political scientists and "political scientists" can be divided into the following groups.

1) Propagandists. They are on both sides of the barricades and the TV. All of them are united by a clear designation of the team for which they play (those who do not play for, play against). Power and conditional anti-power use them not to clarify the position, bringing it closer to the truth, but to form public opinion... Just. Definitely. Totally.

These people are not political scientists, despite their positions, degrees, education and the inscription on a business card or interlinear. Alexander Dugin (Moscow State University), Pavel Danilin (kreml.org), Vitaly Ivanov (Institute of Politics and state law), Vladimir Burmatov (Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, BINH), Sergei Kurginyan (Experimental Creative Center), Maxim Shevchenko and Mikhail Leontiev (Channel One). And less odious ones: Konstantin Zatulin (Institute of CIS Countries), or close "anti-authorities" Georgy Bovt (Gazeta.ru), Leonid Radzikhovsky (Echo of Moscow), Dmitry Oreshkin (Ogonyok), Stanislav Belkovsky (Institute of National Strategy ).

2) Political scientists are not political scientists (Igor Mintusov, Dmitry Gusev, Oleg Matveychev, Anton Bakov, Andrey Bogdanov, etc.). They make politicians and politics, not study them.

3) The group "moderate allies of the government" includes people who are not directly associated with the government, but are closely associated with it. For the layman, they look like experts, alienated from groups, parties, towers and entrances. Many have their own funds, created independently or "run down" from the top in exchange for loyalty. Some of them are indeed political scientists who have temporarily left science for power. Vyacheslav Nikonov (Politics, Russian World, Unity for Russia), Dmitry Badovsky (Institute for Socio-Economic and Political Research), Vitaly Tretyakov - all three of the Moscow State University.

Clever and beautiful scientific words that are written after their names in interlinear translations a priori mislead the audience: these are experts who are not related to the authorities. Dmitry Orlov (Agency for Political and Economic Communications), Maxim Grigoriev (Democracy Research Foundation), Mikhail Remizov (Institute for National Strategy), Alexander Tsipko (Institute of Economics RAS), Leonid Polyakov (NRU-HSE), Joseph Diskin and Valery Khomyakov (Council on national strategy), Sergei Markov (Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Institute of Political Research) play, albeit for different teams under the leadership of different captains (curators), but still, obviously, on the same side.

4) The group "political commentators" includes persons who are constantly present in the media. Unlike propagandists and moderate supporters of power, they do not express anyone's interests explicitly, staying "above the battle." As a rule, commentators translate into the language of the layman personnel changes and major domestic political events. As in the previous group, political scientists meet here. Konstantin Simonov (National Energy Security Fund), Boris Makarenko, Igor Bunin and Alexey Makarkin (Center for Political Technologies), Alexey Mukhin (Center for Political Information), Sergey Mikheev and Alexey Zudin (Center for Current Politics), Mikhail Tulsky (Political Analytics) , Evgeny Minchenko (Minchenko Consulting), Mikhail Vinogradov (Petersburg Politics). This group has a common feature in the form of expert reports addressed to the broadest strata of society.

5) Real scientists are known to the public much less than "political scientists". For example, few ordinary people know Vice-President of the International Association of Political Science Mikhail Ilyin (MGIMO (U), NRU-HSE), Dean of Applied Political Science at NRU-HSE Andrey Melville, Head of the Department of Political Management of the Faculty of Political Science of St. Petersburg State University Leonid Smorgunov, Doctors of Political Science Andrey Akhremenko (Moscow State University), Petra Panov (Perm State University), Elena Brodovskaya (Moscow State University for the Humanities), Irina Batanina (Tula State University).

Among the professionals there are well-known personalities to whom the media often turn, but on specific topics: the elite - to the president of the Russian Association of Political Science Oksana Gaman-Golutvina (MGIMO (U), NRU-HSE), regional development - to Rostislav Turovsky (Moscow State University, NRU - HSE), psychological aspects of politics - to Elena Shestopal (Moscow State University), the problems of the Caucasus and Islam - to Alexei Malashenko (Moscow Carnegie Center), political processes of the CIS countries - to Alexei Vlasov (Moscow State University), etc. Scientific ethics does not allow them to comment on everything at once, as many colleagues who are called political scientists in the media do.

In a simplified form, the picture of a political theater would look like this. Rag dolls are not himself High Quality- propagandists. Dolls better execution and independent actors are moderate supporters of power. Puppet masters, stage workers, illuminators, installers - political technologists. Theatrical critics explaining the meaning of the performances to the public are commentators. There are not many real directors in the theater (although there are some with education in the field of mass performances). And the director is generally one.

Those who went behind the stage, examined the scenery, read the dossiers on actors, directors and directors, delved into the history of the theater and each performance, studied the structure of dolls, the weaving of threads and the passes of dexterous and hard-working hands - these are political scientists. The audience knows almost nothing about them.

In preparing the publication, I took upon myself the useless work of conducting a mini-research that does not pretend to be scientific and representative. In the lines of the two most frequently used search engines in Russia, I entered the word "political scientist" and then changed only the letter, looking at the autocomplete offered by the machines. Assuming initially that it reflects the main queries of the audience, I got the following. Political scientists are: Alexandra: Tsipko, Ulitin, Podoprigora, Andrey Lavrov, Alexey Vorobyov, Igor Bunin, Stanislav Belkovsky, Boris Mezhuev, Valery Khomyakov, Vyacheslav Nikonov, Mikhail Vinogradov, Gleb Pavlovsky, Dmitriy: Orlov, Oreshkin, Petrov, Evgenia: Min Satanovsky, Nikolai Zlobin, Igor Panarin, Boris Kagarlitsky, Sergey Kurginyan, Ivan Kuzmin, Vadim Karasev, Leonid Polyakov, Sergey Markov, Alexander Nikitin, Pavla: Danilin, Svyatenkov and Salin, Andrey Piontkovsky, Vitaly Tretyakov, Mikhail Khazin, Yuchenko, Maxim Shev Romanenko.

Perhaps the almost isolated presence of representatives of the academic community on the list is due not only to work “from the outside,” but also to a flaw from the inside. Is the academic community engaged in the popularization of science, as, for example, Lev Nikolaev or Sergey Kapitsa? Does PR pay due attention to the results of its research? Simply put, how many people in Russia know about the existence of the largest scientific project of recent years "Political Atlas of the Present"? Isn't the permanent defeat from "political scientists" in the battle for minds natural, since representatives of the academic community do not want / are not ready / able to come to the media and talk to the audience on accessible language? Is the community able to write textbooks a la "entertaining physics", in which objective physical laws are explained in an accessible and interesting language with examples, the meaning of which is not lost behind a non-academic form of presentation? Deeper: is it possible to make Russian political science interesting to the masses without resorting to the words and methods of propagandists-political scientists?

In conclusion, I would like to note that without the invitation to the discussion of "political scientists" it looks like a highly professional, highly ethical eternal Russian conversation in the kitchen (this time - a corporate one). Community within a community is discussing how to shield the community. This is probably why they know a little less about the community than about Pavlovsky's programs, social movement Kurginyan or Nikonov funds. Will the community be able to hear the arguments, relatively speaking, of the opposite side and formulate an answer? Maybe we will be interested to know why Mikhail Leontyev, Stanislav Belkovsky, Pavel Danilin, Georgy Bovt and others call themselves political scientists? And who they think we are.

The Agency for Political and Economic Communications (APEC) published the final rating of Russian politicians in January 2015.

According to “ Independent newspaper”, 26 experts took part in the rating. Among them: political scientists, political strategists, media experts, as well as representatives of political parties. All of them were asked the following question: "How would you rate the influence of the following Russian politicians in the administration of the President of the Russian Federation, the government of the Russian Federation, the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on a scale from 1 to 10?"

Let's see which of the politicians turned out to be the most popular, and which, on the contrary, lost their positions in the new year.

Elite ten

The first place in the ranking goes to Russian President Vladimir Putin. As noted by APEC, its gap with other figures in the ranking in January is 2.03 points. However, this information is unlikely to surprise anyone. Earlier magazine Forbes named the President of Russia the most influential person in the world. At the same time, the publication noted that for Last year Vladimir Putin has managed to consolidate his control over Russia.

After the president, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev was entrenched. In third place was the head of the presidential administration, Sergei Ivanov.

Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu also strengthened his position, he moved up two lines and thus occupied the fourth place.

Fifth place belongs to the first deputy head of the presidential administration Vyacheslav Volodin. Recall that in December 2014, he was also included in the top 5 leading politicians in the country. But the head of Rosneft, Igor Sechin, dropped three lines and took sixth place.

Meanwhile, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov rose to seventh place. He is followed by Finance Minister Anton Siluanov. Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov ranks ninth. In tenth place is First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov. Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Rogozin takes 12th place, Chairman of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin takes 18th place, and Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika - 27th.

Regions

As for the regions, the places here were distributed as follows. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin slightly strengthened his position, he is ranked 11th in the ranking. The position of the governor of the Moscow region is somewhat worse, Andrei Vorobyov is in 49th place. The head of Crimea Sergey Aksenov is in 69th place. By the way, it went up 15 lines. But the governor of the northern capital Georgy Poltavchenko got the 74th place.

Business representatives

There have been minor changes in the business environment as well. For example, the head of Rosneft Igor Sechin lost two lines and took sixth place. Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Management Board, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of OAO Gazprom, loses 11 lines at once and drops to 20th place.

But Roman Abramovich, on the contrary, adds two lines and is in 24th place. Arkady Rotenberg, despite the news about the construction of the Kerch Bridge, loses two lines and drops to 59th place. The head of Rusnano, Anatoly Chubais, strengthens his position and moves up seven lines, to 85th place.

			Average score
Very strong influence
Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich
Dmitry Medvedev
Ivanov Sergey Borisovich
Shoigu Sergei Kuzhugetovich
Volodin Viacheslav Viktorovich
Igor Sechin
Sergey Lavrov
Siluanov Anton Germanovich
Dmitry Peskov
Shuvalov Igor Ivanovich
Sobyanin Sergei Semenovich
Rogozin Dmitry Olegovich
Gromov Alexey Alekseevich
Naryshkin Sergei Evgenievich
Cyril (Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia)
Bortnikov Alexander Vasilievich
Nabiullina Elvira Sakhipzadovna
Bastrykin Alexander Ivanovich
Kolokoltsev Vladimir Alexandrovich
Alexey Miller
Strong influence
Dvorkovich Arkady Vladimirovich
Matvienko Valentina Ivanovna
Gref German Oskarovich
Abramovich Roman Arkadevich
Sergey Chemezov
Golodets Olga Yurievna
Chaika Yuri Yakovlevich
Timchenko Gennady Nikolaevich
Deripaska Oleg Vladimirovich
Kostin Andrey Leonidovich
Oleg Morozov
Patrushev Nikolay Platonovich
Ernst Konstantin Lvovich
Trutnev Yuri Petrovich
Alexey Ulyukaev
Murov Evgeny Alekseevich
Kovalchuk Yuri Valentinovich
Khloponin Alexander Gennadievich
Zyuganov Gennady Andreevich
Prikhodko Sergey Eduardovich
Artemiev Igor Yurievich
Dmitry Kozak
Belousov Andrey Removich
Usmanov Alisher Burkhanovich
Dobrodeev Oleg Borisovich
Surkov Vladislav Yurievich
Sergei Neverov
Glazyev Sergei Yurievich
Vorobiev Andrey Yurievich
Golikova Tatiana Alekseevna
Medium impact
Skvortsova Veronika Igorevna
Fradkov Mikhail Efimovich
Brycheva Larisa Igorevna
Zhukov Alexander Dmitrievich
Yakunin Vladimir Ivanovich
Andrey Belyaninov
Zhirinovsky Vladimir Volfovich
Fedorov Nikolay Vasilievich
Rotenberg Arkady Romanovich
Medinsky Vladimir Rostislavovich
Romodanovsky Konstantin Olegovich
Ivanov Victor Petrovich
Alekperov Vagit Yusufovich
Kadyrov Ramzan Akhmatovich
Timakova Natalia Alexandrovna
Chuychenko Konstantin Anatolievich
Vasiliev Vladimir Abdualievich
Minnikhanov Rustam Nurgalievich
Aksenov Sergey Valerievich
Novak Alexander Valentinovich
Mironov Sergei Mikhailovich
Puchkov Vladimir Andreevich
Denis Manturov
Poltavchenko Georgy Sergeevich
Mutko Vitaly Leontievich
Alexander Brechalov
Dmitriev Vladimir Alexandrovich
Isaev Andrey Konstantinovich
Zheleznyak Sergey Vladimirovich
Topilin Maxim Anatolievich
Yarovaya Irina Anatolyevna
Donskoy Sergey Efimovich
Igor Levitin
Alexey Kudrin
Chubais Anatoly Borisovich
Kirienko Sergey Vladilenovich
Dmitry Livanov
Voloshin Alexander Stalyevich
Konovalov Alexander Vladimirovich
Kulistikov Vladimir Mikhailovich
Galushka Alexander Anatolievich
Nikiforov Nikolay Anatolievich
Prokhorov Mikhail Dmitrievich
Gerasimov Valery Vasilievich
Chikhanchin Yuri Anatolievich
Beglov Alexander Dmitrievich
Turchak Andrey Anatolievich
Men Mikhail Alexandrovich
Sokolov Maxim Yurievich
Kholmanskikh Igor Rurikovich

According to Kolta.ru, there were Alexei Navalny and Yegor Prosvirin. On the 5th place is Vladimir Pozner. Elena Mizulina, Vsevolod Chaplin, Vladimir Medinsky, Sergey Kurginyan, Nikita Mikhalkov, Eduard Limonov, Zakhar Prilepin, Anatoly Wasserman, Tatyana Tolstaya, Alexander Prokhanov, Yegor Kholmogorov, Alexander Dugin, Mikhail Delyagin, Vladislav Surkov , Sergei Shargunov, etc. These are those who are usually called the "social and cultural elite", opinion leaders, conductors of ideas that the masses assimilate. I will not say that this list is to my liking, and indeed intellectuals in general, in my opinion, should be assessed not by their influence, but by their intellect, which by no means always allows them to be "popular" and "successful" in wide circles.

I tried to compile my own alternative list of 150 leading Russian intellectuals, based on my daily monitoring of the cultural Internet space and personal preferences. Criticism, additions and comments are welcome!

Aza Taho-Godi, philologist, widow of the philosopher A.F. Losev.

Alexander Arkhangelsky, literary critic, TV presenter.

Alexander Gavrilov, critic, literary figure.

Alexander Genis, essayist.

Alexander Kushner, poet.

Alexander Kynev, political scientist.

Alexander Makhov, philologist.

Alexander Morozov, political scientist.

Alexander Rubtsov, philosopher.

Alexander Sekatsky, philosopher.

Alexander Sokurov, film director.

Alexander Shmelev, political scientist.

Alexander Etkind, cultural historian.

Alexander Yanov, historian, political scientist.

Alexey Kudrin, economist, chairman of the Civil Initiatives Committee.

Alexey Makarkin, political scientist.

Alla Demidova, People's Artist of the RSFSR.

Anastasia Gacheva, philosopher, philologist.

Andrey Bitov, writer.

Andrey Zaliznyak, linguist.

Andrey Zorin, philologist.

Andrey Zubov, historian.

Andrey Kuraev, church leader.

Andrey Nechaev, economist, politician.

Andrey Teslya, philosopher.

Anton Dolin, film critic.

Boris Grebenshchikov, musician.

Boris Grozovsky, economic commentator.

Boris Groys, art critic.

Boris Dolgin, scientific editor of Polit.ru.

Boris Egorov, philologist.

Boris Kupriyanov, bookseller, publicist.

Boris Paramonov, philosopher, culturologist.

Boris Uspensky, philologist, semiotics.

Vadim Klyuvgant, lawyer.

Valentin Nepomniachtchi, philologist.

Valentin Yanin, historian.

Valery Solovey, political scientist.

Vasily Zharkov, historian.

Vera Milchina, translator.

Victor Golyshev, translator.

Victor Pelevin, writer.

Vladimir Bukovsky, writer.

Vladimir Golyshev, publicist, analyst.

Vladimir Emelyanov, Assyriologist.

Vladimir Mikushevich, poet.

Vladimir Novikov, philologist, critic.

Vladimir Paperny, art critic, culturologist, architecture historian.

Vladimir Pastukhov, publicist.

Vladimir Ryzhkov, politician.

Vladimir Sorokin, writer.

Vladimir Tolstoy, cultural advisor to the President of the Russian Federation.

Vladislav Inozemtsev, economist, sociologist, politician.

Vyacheslav Ivanov, linguist, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Galina Yuzefovich, literary critic

Hasan Huseynov, philologist.

Henry Reznik, attorney.

Georgy Mirsky, political scientist, historian.

Gleb Pavlovsky, political scientist.

Grigory Perelman, mathematician.

Grigory Revzin, art critic, journalist.

Daniil Dondurei, culturologist.

Denis Dragunsky, writer.

Dmitry Bykov, writer.

Dmitry Glukhovsky, writer.

Dmitry Zimin, entrepreneur, radio engineer, founder of the Dynasty Foundation, co-founder of the Enlightener Prize.

Evgeny Anisimov, historian.

Evgeny Gontmakher, economist.

Evgeny Ermolin, literary critic.

Evgeny Minchenko, political scientist.

Evgeny Primakov, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, ex-Prime Minister of the Russian Federation.

Evgeny Satanovsky, political scientist.

Evgeny Yasin, economist.

Ekaterina Genieva, general manager All-Union State Library of Foreign Literature.

Ekaterina Shulman, political scientist.

Elena Zelinskaya, journalist.

Elena Kostyukovich, translator.

Elena Nemirovskaya, philosopher, educator.

Zoya Boguslavskaya, writer.

Ivan Kurilla, historian.

Ivan Tolstoy, publicist and radio journalist.

Igor Bestuzhev-Lada. sociologist, futurologist.

Igor Volgin, poet, philologist, TV presenter.

Igor Shaitanov, editor-in-chief of the Voprosy literatury magazine.

Igor Yurgens, economist, president of the Institute of Contemporary Development.

Igor Yakovenko, culturologist, philosopher.

Irena Lesnevskaya, TV worker, publisher of The New Times magazine.

Irina Prokhorova, literary critic, editor-in-chief of "UFO"

Irina Rodnyanskaya, literary critic.

Irina Surat, philologist.

Kirill Rogov, political commentator.

Konstantin Sonin, economist.

Lev Regelson, church historian, theologian.

Lev Rubinstein, poet.

Lev Schlosberg, politician.

Leonid Batkin, historian, literary critic.

Leonid Parfenov, journalist.

Lyudmila Ulitskaya, writer.

Lyudmila Shaposhnikova, orientalist.

Maxim Amelin, poet.

Maxim Kantor, artist, writer.

Maxim Krongauz, linguist.

Maxim Trudolyubov, publicist.

Marat Gelman, gallery owner.

Marina Litvinovich, political scientist, human rights activist.

Marietta Chudakova, literary critic.

Maria Slonim, journalist.

Maria Stepanova, poet.

Mikhail Vinogradov, political scientist.

Mikhail Gelfand, bioinformatist.

Mikhail Dmitriev, economist.

Mikhail Piotrovsky, Director of the Hermitage.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky, politician.

Mikhail Shishkin, writer.

Mikhail Epstein, philosopher, essayist.

Natalia Gevorkyan, journalist, writer.

Natalia Zubarevich, economist.

Natalia Solzhenitsyna, public figure, widow of the writer A.I. Solzhenitsyn.

Naum Gelman, film historian.

Nikita Eliseev, literary critic.

Nikita Sokolov, historian.

Nikolay Solodnikov, journalist, educator.

Oleg Basilashvili, National artist THE USSR.

Oleg Kashin, journalist.

Oleg Lekmanov, literary critic.

Olga Sedakova, poet.

Oleg Chukhontsev, poet.

Pavel Kudyukin, historian, politician.

Pavel Rudnev, theater critic.

Roy Medvedev, historian.

Rostislav Rybakov, indologist, ex-director of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences,

Ruslan Grinberg, economist.

Sergey Aleksashenko, economist.

Sergey Bocharov, philologist.

Sergey Guriev, economist.

Sergey Zenkin, literary critic, translator.

Sergey Neklyudov, folklorist.

Sergey Horuzhy, philosopher, translator.

Sergey Tsyplyaev, political scientist.

Sergei Chuprinin, editor-in-chief of the Znamya magazine.

Solomon Volkov, musicologist, writer.

Stanislav Belkovsky, political scientist.

Tamara Eidelman, historian.

Tatiana Kasatkina, philologist.

Tatiana Shcherbina, poet, essayist.

Fazil Iskander, writer.

Yuri Afanasyev, politician, historian, ex-rector of the Russian State Humanitarian University.

Yuri Ryzhov, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, ex-Russian ambassador to France.

Yuri Mamleev, writer.

Yuri Pivovarov, historian, ex-director of INION RAS.

Yuri Saprykin, journalist.

Yakov Gordin, historian, publicist, writer.

Yakov Mirkin, economist.

Our rating, as before, is dedicated to political strategists and political consultants - people who “make” politicians the way we see them, as well as are ideologists and organizers of political processes and election campaigns. In 2017, a little over a year before the day of the presidential elections in Russia, we are continuing our project.

The work on the rating continued in late 2016 - early 2017 and was carried out by our analysts, journalists, experts and regional correspondents. We decided to release the rating, like last year, to coincide with the beginning of a new political season. Today we present the result of our research. Proceeding from it, one can understand who exactly and how effectively manages elections and political campaigns in Russia.

The research methodology has changed significantly. Traditionally, 100 active politicians, deputies, political strategists, political scientists, and journalists took part in the main part of the survey. The survey participants were asked to name the "top twenty political strategists" themselves. The respondents were warned that they can only name the carriers of "political technological competence", that is, people who are experts in the field of forming public opinion, the real organizers of electoral and political campaigns. In addition, a questionnaire was sent to 150 experts with a list of 50 candidates who, according to Obshchaya Gazeta analysts, could be included in the top 20 political strategists. The surveyed research participants could mark any number of persons involved in it, as well as add no more than 10 persons who were not in the questionnaire. Depending on the frequency of mentioning certain surnames during the survey and in the received questionnaires, the rating was compiled.

The following are excluded from the rating: 1) the president and prime minister of Russia; 2) politicians not related to political technologies (for example, A. Vaino, I. Shuvalov, D. Rogozin, V. Matvienko); 3) politicians and officials related to the development of the political consulting market, but who are not actually political strategists (for example, V. Volodin, S. Kirienko, D. Peskov, N. Timakova); 4) party leaders (for example, G. Zyuganov, S. Neverov, V. Zhirinovsky, S. Mironov); 5) political experts-experts who do not work in the field of political technologies (for example, S. Markov, M. Remizov, B. Mezhuev); 6) sociologists (for example, V. Fedorov, A. Oslon); 7) journalists and media leaders (for example, K. Ernst, A. Gabrelyanov, P. Gusev).

1. Konstantin Kostin

174 mentions. Chairman of the Board of the Civil Society Development Fund. He is expected to be one of the Kremlin's operators in working with regions and parties in the 2018 elections. Advisor to S. Kirienko, was an adviser to V. Volodin, formerly deputy head, head of the internal policy department of the Presidential Administration. Participates in closed meetings of V. Putin with political consultants. He took part in the training of the vice-governors for domestic policy in December 2016. Coordinated the drafting of reports in the interests of the Kremlin. Influences the editorial policy of several "political" Internet portals. Compiled by the Governor Performance Rating.

2. Dmitry Badovsky

165 mentions. Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Institute for Social, Economic and Political Research. A major operator working with the expert community and humanitarian projects. Advisor to V. Volodin, former deputy head of the internal policy department of the Presidential Administration, former adviser to the mayor of Moscow Y. Luzhkov. Participates in closed meetings of V. Putin with political consultants. Author of the analytical project "Notebooks on Conservatism". Publisher of the "Historian" magazine. Compiled by Rating-2016 and Rating of Lawmakers. The compiler of the "Index of Political Science and Analytical Centers", which influences, among other things, the development of the political technologies market.

3.Igor Bunin

142 mentions. President of the Center for Political Technologies. Political consultant, political analyst, one of the founders of the political consulting market in Russia. A traditional consultant to S. Sobyanin and the United Russia party in Moscow, previously he also consulted Yu. Luzhkov for a long time. Most likely, he will conduct part of the campaign “ United Russia"And its candidates for the municipal elections in Moscow. Consultant A. Kudrina. Participates in closed meetings of V. Putin with political consultants. Owner of the Politkom.ru portal. At the end of 2016 he was awarded the Order of Friendship.

4. Dmitry Orlov

128 mentions. Director of the Agency for Political and Economic Communications, member of the Supreme Council of United Russia. Political consultant, political analyst, specializes in the creation of expert networks. Works in many regions of Russia. Coordinator of the "Region" club, which unites Russian experts on regional policy. Supervises the "Regional Policy" award. Editor of the collection "Regional Policy-2016". Participates in closed meetings of V. Putin with political consultants. He took part in the training of the vice-governors for domestic policy in December 2016. In 2016, he published reports on the primaries, on the elections in The State Duma, about the situation in several regions. Compiled the "Rating of 100 Leading Politicians", "The Rating of the Influence of the Heads of Subjects", "The Rating of Management Effectiveness in the Subjects of the Russian Federation", several regional ratings. Owner of the portal "Regional Comments". At the end of 2016, D. Medvedev congratulated him on his anniversary.

5.Andrey Parfenov

125 mentions. Deputy Head of the Central Election Commission of the United Russia party. Political strategist, supervises regional and technological work in the party. In 2016, he oversaw the technological work at United Russia during the parliamentary election campaign. Participates in closed meetings of V. Putin with political consultants.

6. Evgeny Minchenko

122 mentions. President of Minchenko Consulting Holding, Head International Institute political expertise. Head of the Political Technologies Committee of RASO. Political consultant, political analyst, closely follows the development political system The United States and the American market for political consulting, including during a long stay in the United States. At the beginning of 2016, he was awarded the Silver Archer Prize for the book published as a result of this work. Leading Russian coach in the field of political technology, regularly conducts training seminars. Supervises the holding of the RASO "Hamburg Account" award. In 2016 released research on the US elections, new version reports "Politburo 2.0", forecasts of the results of the Duma elections, other studies. He took part in the training of the vice-governors for domestic policy in December 2016. Compiled by the Rating of Political Survival of Governors (with M. Vinogradov).

7.Igor Mintusov

118 mentions. President of the Agency for Strategic Communications "Niccolo M." Political consultant, one of the founders of the political consulting market in Russia. President of the Russian Association of Political Consultants (RAPC). Supervises (together with A. Kurtov) the holding of the RAPK Prize. Works in the Russian market, the CIS and far abroad markets. Publisher of professional and political literature.

8.Oleg Smolkin

102 mentions. Head of the Executive Committee of the Moscow branch of the United Russia party. Political strategist, head of the New Communication Systems group. Coordinated the election campaign for the State Duma in Moscow. Most likely, he will coordinate the campaign of "United Russia" and its candidates in the municipal elections in Moscow. Previously he worked in a number of Siberian regions.

9.Oleg Matveychev

97 mentions. Political consultant, one of the founders of the Bakster Group. Professor High school economy. In the past, deputy governors of the Vologda and Volgograd regions, ex-employee of the Presidential Administration. Conducts active consulting activities in the regions. He took part in the training of the vice-governors for domestic policy in December 2016. Well-known blogger.

10. Konstantin Kalachev

92 mentions. Head of the "Political Expert Group". Political consultant, one of the founders of the political consulting market in Russia. Founder of the Party of Beer Lovers, ex-vice-mayor of Volgograd. Was one of the chief technologists of the United Russia party. Advises campaigns in Russian regions.

11.Andrey Gnatyuk

88 mentions. President of the IMA Group holding. The contractor for most of the PR projects of the former mayor of the capital, Y. Luzhkov, partially retains this role under S. Sobyanin. Most likely, he will lead part of the campaign of "United Russia" and its candidates in the municipal elections in Moscow. Supervises (together with I. Pisarsky) the main all-Russian prize in the field of PR - "Silver Archer".

12.Andrey Bogdanov

85 mentions. Political consultant, head of the Andrei Bogdanov Center. In the past, the leader of the DPR, a spoiler candidate for presidential elections... Creator of the "incubator" of small parties and spoiler parties. He heads one of the Masonic lodges, uses international and regional lodges as expert networks and lobbying channels.

13.Andrey Maksimov

83 mentions. Political consultant, head of Maksimov Consulting. Vice President of RAPK. Leads campaigns in the regions of Russia. Owner of an extensive database of propaganda materials.

14. Dmitry Gusev

80 mentions. Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Bakster Group. He worked in the Urals region and is known for his aggressive campaigning style. He was the deputy head of the department of territorial authorities of the Moscow mayor's office. Leads campaigns in the regions of Russia.

15.Andrey Polosin

76 mentions. The political strategist, political consultant, was previously one of the most famous curators of the regions in the Presidential Administration. Deputy Head of the Department for Relations with the Regions of the State Corporation Rosatom. Close to S. Kirienko and A. Kharichev. Supervised election campaigns in the regions of the corporation's presence. Probably will influence the course of election campaigns in the regions.

16. Grigory Kazankov

72 mentions. Political strategist. A native of the team of Yu. Rusova. Works in the regions, including in the interests of United Russia.

17. Alexey Chesnakov

67 mentions. Political consultant, general director of the Center for Current Politics. Close to V. Surkov. Previously, for a long time, he was deputy head of the internal policy department of the Presidential Administration. Influences the "Ukrainian" direction of the policy of the Russian authorities.

18. Evgeny Suchkov

63 mentions. Political strategist, director of the Institute of Electoral Technologies. One of the founders of the political consulting market in Russia. Works in a number of regions of Russia. In 2016 he published the book Political Technologies: Correcting Errors.

19.Andrey Kolyadin

58 mentions. A political strategist working in the regions of Russia. Close to the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom. Previously, he was Deputy Presidential Envoy to the Ural Federal District.

20. Gleb Pavlovsky

52 mentions. Political consultant, works with the Russian opposition. In the past, he was an advisor to the head of the Presidential Administration and the most influential humanitarian technologist in Russia. The owner of the Internet portals "Russian Journal" and "Gefter". Well-known blogger.

The following political strategists and political consultants also received more than 40 mentions: P. Bystrov, V. Poturemsky, S. Belkovsky, V. Bianki, A. Kurtov, V. Sergeev, A. Pirogov, E. Ostrovsky, I. Mitkin (Spokoinov), S. Markelov, A. Trubetskoy (Koshmarov), A. Sitnikov, V. Smirnov, S. Mikheev, M. Mincheva, A. Bakov, A. Vysotsky, Yu. Rusov, M. Sergeeva.

"Russian Society of Political Scientists"(an all-Russian public organization) is a non-governmental organization that unites the Russian expert community in the field of political science.

The organization declares its main goal to be the integration of the Russian political science community, strengthening ties between science, education and political practice. One of the priority tasks is to promote Russian scientific schools in the field of political science in the international academic community. More than 650 political scientists are members of the ROP. The Russian Society of Political Scientists positions itself as a community of professional scientists who are also public experts on current political events and processes. According to the researchers of Russian political science A. Yu. Sungurov and M. E. Karyagin, the "soil" part of the political science community has been institutionalized in the ROP.

Story

According to researchers A. Yu. Sungurov and M. E. Karyagin, the process of creating the "Russian Society of Political Scientists" was initiated by the deans of the political science departments of Moscow State University and St. Petersburg State University. The new professional community was planned as an "umbrella organization", which was supposed to overcome the segmentation of domestic political science, to integrate all Russian political scientists and their "small associations, like the RAPN and others."

The founding congress of the organization was held at the Lomonosov Moscow State University on November 25, 2013. The constituent congress was attended by representatives of more than 50 regions. At the congress, the governing bodies of the organization were formed, members of the council and the presidium were elected, and the charter was also adopted. Former Chairman of the Government of Russia, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Yevgeny Maksimovich Primakov was elected Honorary President of the Russian Society of Political Scientists.

Membership composition

According to the political scientist S. A. Lantsov, the organization, along with the Russian Association of Political Science (RAPN) and the Academy of Political Science, unites political scientists working in universities, academic institutes, as well as in government bodies. According to A. Yu. Sungurov and M. Ye. Karyagin, university professors prevail among the political scientists-members of the ROP. This segment of the academic community (the so-called "East Side", as opposed to "West Side") is more student-oriented, has to do with government funding; researchers prefer publications in domestic journals and attach no less importance to domestic scientific developments than foreign ones.

Initiatives and activities of the organization

On July 3, 2014, within the framework of the congress of the All-Russian public organization "Russian Society of Political Scientists" (ROP), the Youth Department of the Russian Society of Political Scientists (MolROP) was created. The ROP congress was dedicated to the topic “National interests of Russia: global priorities, political strategies and prospects”. MolROP was formed through the creation of regional offices in the constituent entities Russian Federation... Representatives in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Volgograd, Astrakhan, Saratov and Tambov regions, the Republic of Bashkortostan, Krasnoyarsk and Krasnodar regions were among the first to be established. By the end of 2015, the corporation of the youth department of the ROP has more than 35 regional offices and about 500 members.

At the end of 2016, Kazan hosted the II Congress of the Russian Society of Political Scientists on the topic: "Russian politics: an agenda in a changing world." The congress was attended by about 400 Russian political scientists, as well as several dozen guests from 25 countries of the world. In general, the work of the congress reflected the common goals of the local authorities and the Russian Society of Political Scientists.

As of 2016, 60 regional branches have been created in the ROP.

September 10-12, 2018 at the Faculty of Political Science of Moscow State University. MV Lomonosov Moscow State University held the III Congress of the Russian Society of Political Scientists.

Management

Co-chairmen of the Russian Society of Political Scientists

Shutov Andrey Yuryevich, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Dean of the Faculty of Political Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Chairman of the Expert Council of the Higher Attestation Commission of the Russian Federation on Political Science;
Yakunin Vladimir Ivanovich, Doctor of Political Sciences, Head of the Department of State Policy, Faculty of Political Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University;
Eremeev Stanislav Germanovich, Doctor of Economics, Rector of the Pushkin Leningrad State University.

Executive Director of the Russian Society of Political Scientists

Ratings and criticism

The Finnish researcher S. Myakinen examines the organization, which, in her opinion, is a competitor to the RPN (a member of the International Political Science Association), in the context of Russian academic debates on the applicability of Western political theories to Russian political realities. The establishment of the ROP is an attempt to create a national school of political science, as opposed to Western concepts. At the first ROP congress, held in July 2014, speakers emphasized the need to form a Russian political science school and, in particular, the need for a Russian political science textbook that would take into account the “peculiarities of the country” (in other words, “Russian” values) when presenting political theories.

Researchers A. Yu. Sungurov and M. Ye. Karyagin cite excerpts from interviews with three professors-political scientists, members of the RAPN, as well as the regional head of the ROP. They expressed critical opinions about less open methods of work than in the RAPN; on propaganda as the main task of the EPR; about the emergence of ROP as a result of "a certain plot in the system of public administration"; about ROP as an artificial project in which conflicts are possible due to the presence of both ideologists and scientists in it. Sungurov and Karyagin, examining the ROP in the context of the formation of the Russian political science community, which, in their opinion, has already formed in general, conclude that the creation of the ROP indicates its "development and differentiation." The researchers conclude that the "soil" part of the academic community, which is more focused on "serving the tasks of the state", has been institutionalized in the ROP.

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Discussion of the prospects for creating new associations within the community of political scientists. Information letter of the RAPN Board dated June 14, 2012. (unspecified) ... Russian Association for Political Science (June 14, 2012). Date of treatment October 22, 2018.
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Samarina A., Savitskaya N. Political scientists were called to serve the fatherland. The new union joined the ranks of existing associations in the ideological sphere (unspecified) ... Nezavisimaya Gazeta (November 26, 2013). Date of treatment October 23, 2018. Archived August 6, 2018.
Deputy Director of RISS took part in the II Congress of the Russian Society of Political Scientists in Kazan (unspecified) ... (RISS) (November 14, 2016). Retrieved November 11, 2018. Archived November 20, 2016.
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