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Movements·russia_putin_first_term_2000_2004

Putin first term vertical-of-power and 13% flat tax 2000-2004

RUS·2000 – 2004·Putin presidential administration; Kasyanov government
Leaders: Vladimir Putin (President, 2000-2004) · Mikhail Kasyanov (Prime Minister, 2000-2004) · Alexei Kudrin (Finance Minister, 2000-2004) · German Gref (Economic Development Minister)
positionsdevelopmentalismmarxianmarxist_leninistaustrianchicago_monetarisminstitutionalismdemocratic_socialistempirical_pragmatistmarket_socialistnew_keynesianordoliberalpost_keynesiansocial_democraticclassical_liberal

Doctrine — stated goals and content

Putin I state-capitalist vertical-of-power + oil boom — economic school: 'Gref Programme' economic-liberal reforms (13% flat PIT effective 1 Jan 2001, unified social tax, Land Code 2001, new Tax Code) combined with re-centralisation of power ('vertikal vlasti'): federal districts (May 2000, seven districts with presidential envoys), Federation Council reform (Aug 2000, regional bosses replaced by appointed senators), Yukos affair (Khodorkovsky arrest 25 Oct 2003, Yukos tax-bill and dismantling). Left-right axis: economically centre- right reform, institutionally authoritarian-restorationist. Dated policies: 13% flat PIT (Jan 2001), Tax Code chapters 21-25 (2000-2002), Land Code (Oct 2001), Kursk submarine disaster (Aug 2000), Nord-Ost theatre siege (Oct 2002), second Chechen war consolidation, Yukos Khodorkovsky arrest (Oct 2003), Beslan school siege (1-3 Sep 2004, triggering the 2004 sub-national reform). Popularity: won 2000 and 2004 (71.3%). Coherence: high — central Kremlin discipline.

Policy-content fingerprint — how the framework codes this movement on its axes

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tax progressivity
fiscal.tax_progressivity
Progressivity of the personal income tax schedule, including top marginal rates, bracket spread, and targeted credits (EITC-equivalents).
decreased · strong
less progressive (flatter rates, compression, smaller credits)
13% flat PIT replacing progressive 12%/20%/30% schedule effective 1 Jan 2001.
↓
tax corporate
fiscal.tax_corporate
Statutory and effective corporate tax rates, treatment of depreciation, and international competitiveness.
decreased · moderate
lower corporate tax burden
CIT cut to 24% (2002), broadened base.
↓
rule of law
institutional.rule_of_law
Rule of law as institutional substrate — contract enforcement, judicial independence, equal treatment before the law. Upstream of most other axes.
decreased · strong
weaker rule of law
Yukos prosecution, federal-districts recentralisation, FC reform undermined judicial independence and federal checks.
↓
property rights
institutional.property_rights
Security of private property rights — formal recognition, expropriation risk, titling systems.
decreased · strong
weaker property rights
Yukos bankruptcy and Yuganskneftegaz auction (Dec 2004) demonstrated state-capitalist expropriation of politically-disfavoured owners.
↑
spending level
fiscal.spending_level
General government spending as share of GDP, excluding transfers already captured under fiscal.transfer_expansion to avoid double-counting.
increased · moderate
higher spending share
Oil-boom fiscal expansion moderated by Kudrin Stabilisation Fund (2004).

Policies enacted

Schools of thought aligned or opposed

aligned
developmentalism
derived: score=+0.53, overlap=5 axes vs developmentalism profile (mechanical backfill v1)
aligned
marxian
derived: score=+0.56, overlap=4 axes vs marxian profile (mechanical backfill v1)
aligned
marxist_leninist
derived: score=+1.00, overlap=3 axes vs marxist_leninist profile (mechanical backfill v1)
partial
austrian
derived: score=+0.24, overlap=5 axes vs austrian profile (mechanical backfill v1)
partial
chicago_monetarism
derived: score=-0.27, overlap=5 axes vs chicago_monetarism profile (mechanical backfill v1)
opposed
institutionalism
derived: score=-0.85, overlap=5 axes vs institutionalism profile (mechanical backfill v1)
partial
democratic_socialist
derived: score=-0.32, overlap=5 axes vs democratic_socialist profile (mechanical backfill v1)
partial
empirical_pragmatist
derived: score=-0.24, overlap=5 axes vs empirical_pragmatist profile (mechanical backfill v1)
partial
market_socialist
derived: score=+0.30, overlap=3 axes vs market_socialist profile (mechanical backfill v1)
partial
new_keynesian
derived: score=-0.39, overlap=5 axes vs new_keynesian profile (mechanical backfill v1)
partial
ordoliberal
derived: score=-0.36, overlap=5 axes vs ordoliberal profile (mechanical backfill v1)
partial
post_keynesian
derived: score=-0.20, overlap=5 axes vs post_keynesian profile (mechanical backfill v1)
partial
social_democratic
derived: score=-0.37, overlap=5 axes vs social_democratic profile (mechanical backfill v1)
opposed
classical_liberal
derived: score=-0.63, overlap=4 axes vs market_liberal profile (mechanical backfill v1)

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