Wiki: Good Tsar, bad Boyars

“Good Tsar, bad Boyars” (Russian: Царь хороший, бояре плохие, romanized: Tsar khoroshiy, boyarie plokhiye), sometimes also known as Naïve Monarchism, is a Russian political phenomenon in which positive actions taken by the Russian government are viewed as being the result of the leader of Russia, while negative actions taken by the government are viewed as being caused by lower-level bureaucrats unbeknownst to the leader. Originating from the Russian Empire, the term has since been used to refer to the leaders of the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russian Federation, particularly during the rule of Vladimir Putin.

Man beachte wie Russland mit der AFD in DE genau es anders rum macht: “Obere Regierung alle unfähig und schuld, aber die feinen AFD Boyars in den Ländern werden aus Berlin gezwungen diese schlechten Dinge zu machen!” - Versteht aber kein AFD Wähler weil deren Russland-Propaganda-Bildung nur bis zum Telegramm-Handy reicht.

That actually aged well:

Ultimately, the goal of our sanctions is to make this a strategic failure for Russia. And let’s define a little bit of what that means: Strategic success in the 21st century is not about a physical land grab of territory. That’s what Putin has done. In this century, power — strategic power is increasingly measured and exercised by economic strength, by technological sophistication, and your story — who you are, what your values are, can you attract ideas and talent and goodwill. On each of those measures, this would be a failure for Russia.

Daleep Singh, February 24, 2022

Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economics and Deputy NEC Director

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