What does the “single-pyramid system” look like?

Required Tasks
1. Using what you learned from “Eurasian Polities as Hybrid Regimes: The Case of Putin’s

Russia” and the lecture on this article, explain Putin’s “single-pyramid system.” In your

explanation you MUST accomplish each of the tasks below:

1. a)  What does the “single-pyramid system” look like?
2. b)  How does the “single-pyramid system” work?
3. c)  What features make the “single-pyramid system” an example of an authoritarian-styleregime?

2. Using what you have learned from the videos “Putin’s Way,” “Putin’s Road to War,” and the article “Putin’s Legal Crackdown on Civil Society,” explain how Putin has relied on corruption, legislation, propaganda/control of the media, and foreign policy to generate popular support from both elites and everyday Russians.