Peran Kelompok Elit Siloviki pada Politik Kontemporer Rusia

Abstract

The wave of democratisation that occurred at the end of the 20th century brought Russia towards a democratic direction. However, in its development, Russia’s democratization did not proceed smoothly, as seen by the persistence of undemocratic elements such as the siloviki. The transformed siloviki themselves managed to take over Russia systematically from within and brought a reversal for Russia’s democratisation. With the siloviki in charge, which is an undemocratic element, Russian democracy itself is threatened with failure. This research aims to see how this siloviki elite has transformed contemporary Russian politics and its impact on Russian democracy. By exploring the roles they have in the political, security, military and economic fields. This research is literature research with descriptive analysis. This research uses democratisation theory by Huntington and elite theory by Mosca as analytical tools. The conclusion of this research shows that siloviki are the main cause of the reversal of democratisation experienced by Russia, the low quality of democracy and Russia becoming an unfree country, and they have succeeded in occupying high positions in government and state companies.