Abstract
Under the condition of the full-fleged war of Russia against Ukraine, contemporary Russian state and law are attracting the attention of numerous international scholars. However, this attention is not driven by a desire to study the national functioning of the Russian state and its legal system, but rather by a desire to understand what developments have led the Russian state to the catastrophe of 2022. This article attempts to examine Russian law and the Russian state in terms of their main trends over the last 20 years. The topics “Abolition of federalism”, “Consolidation of presidential power”, “Ideologisation of state policy”, “Militarisation of public consciousness”, “Harsher repressive measures and abolition of freedom of expression”, “Possible return to the death penalty”, “Legislation on 'foreign agents'” as well as “Religious freedom” offer a kind of “kaleidoscopic” view of Russia's politico-legal landscape. Significant turning points are highlighted, providing insight into how, for example, changes in Russian federalism policy or in the position of the Constitutional Court regarding the death penalty in the Russian Federation are directly linked to the creation of dictatorship.
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