Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom – The Conversation

Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in an ice hockey match between former NHL stars and officials at the Shayba Arena in Sochi, Russia, in 2015. A patriarchal notion of masculinity has been central to Putin’s rule. (AP Photo/Artur Lebedev)

April 11, 2022

Vladimir Putin, the czar of macho politics, is threatened by gender and sexuality rights

Valerie Sperling, Clark University; Alexandra Novitskaya, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York); Janet Elise Johnson, Brooklyn College, and Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom, University of British Columbia

Putin has been consumed with presenting a hyper-macho image throughout his presidency. And in recent years, he’s ramped up sexist and LGBTQ-phobic rhetoric.

Russian President Vladimir Putin in a meeting in Moscow on March 21, 2022. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

March 27, 2022

Could Vladimir Putin be ousted over his Ukraine invasion?

Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom, University of British Columbia

An elite palace coup is possible in Moscow to remove Vladimir Putin or persuade him to step down due to the war in Ukraine. But it would take time.

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