Neoliberalism in Russia has evolved into a "Soviet-neoliberal hybrid" (Hemment 2009) within "neoliberal" (Morris 2021) or "flexible" (Schwenck 2023) authoritarianism. This event details how war legitimization and mobilization exploit class subjectivities within socio-economic inequality. Amid the Kremlin’s biopolitical push for unity, mobilization serves as both a symbolic and financial tool for socio-economic advancement within the "commercial-biopolitical matrix" (Matza). |