Vadim Shtepa

Vadim Shetpa
Вадим Штепа
Shtepa in 2013
Born(1970-08-05)5 August 1970
Petrozavodsk, Karelian ASSR, Soviet Union
NationalityRussian
Alma materMoscow State University
LanguageRussian, Estonian
Main interests
 Separatism in Russia and the Soviet Union
Self-determination
Notable ideas
Regionalism and separatism in modern Russia
Non-ethnic separatism
Glocalization
Websitehttps://region.expert

Vadim Vladimirovich Shtepa (Russian: Вади́м Влади́мирович Ште́па, Estonian: Vadim Vladimirovitš Štepa) (born 5 August 1970) is a Russian philosopher, publicist, poet and analyst of Russian regions. Since 2015, he lives in Estonia, where he publishes analytical articles on Russian regions and politics.[1]

Biography

Vadim Shtepa was born in Petrozavodsk, Karelia on 5 August 1970. He spent his childhood in Crimea, Krasnoyarsk Krai, and the Arctic. Graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University. Vadim Shtepa was forced to leave Russia in 2015 after threats of arrest and repression because his comments on the Russian social media platform Vkontake were considered "extremist" by the government of the Republic of Karelia.[2]

Career

In 2006–2008, he wrote a column on Garry Kasparov’s website, which gave opponents a reason to call him "a true idialogue of ‘National Orangeism’."[3]

From 2009 to 2013, he was a regular contributor to the Russian Journal. According to Igor Sid’s review, Shtepa is one of the leaders and conceptualizers of the Russian intellectual movement for the cultural self-determination of regions.[4]

Shtepa also contributed to various Russian news websites, such as Radio Svoboda and various local Karelian newspapers.[5][6]

Vadim Shtepa (second from the right) with the flag of the RMK during the Second Free Nations of Post-Russia Forum

From 2014 to 2015 he was the head of the Republican Movement of Karelia, a regionalist pro-autonomy organization in the Republic of Karelia.

After he was forced to leave Russia he moved to Estonia and continued his work there. In 2019 he became the editor-in-chief of his internet magazine about separatism and regionalism in Russia Region.Expert.[7]

Vadim Shtepa also works as an analyst of Russian regions for Eesti Päevaleht.[8][9]

Published works

Books

  • ИNBЕРСИЯ (1998) (Inversion)
  • RUТОПИЯ (2004) (Rutopia)
  • ЗАМЕТКИ RUТОПИСТА (2008) (Notes of a Rutopist)
  • РУССКОЕ БУДУЩЕЕ (2008) (Russian Future)
  • ДЕТИ СЕВЕРНОГО ВЕТРА (2011) (Children of the Northern Wind)
  • INTERREGNUM, 100 вопросов и ответов о регионализме (2012) (INTERREGNUM, 100 Questions and Answers About Regionalism)
  • ВОЗМОЖНА ЛИ РОССИЯ ПОСЛЕ ИМПЕРИИ? (2018) (Is Russia Possible After Empire?)

Notable online contributions

References

  1. ^ Поташов, Валерий (2016-03-09). "Вадим Штепа: "Ситуация в Карелии – абсолютно ненормальная и репрессивная" | Черника" (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  2. ^ Крыжановская, Анастасия (2015-12-04). "Глава Карелии: экстремистам не будет воли ни в Петрозаводске, ни в Карелии". "Республика" (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  3. ^ "Феномен". Русский журнал (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  4. ^ "Раскрась карту". Русский журнал (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  5. ^ Поташов, Валерий (2015-12-07). "Губернатора потянуло на Сталина | Черника" (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  6. ^ "Вадим Штепа – Информация об авторе – Радио Свобода". www.svoboda.org (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  7. ^ "Вадим Штепа | Регион.Эксперт". region.expert (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  8. ^ "Vadim Štepa: Vene regioonid saavad oma relvaüksused. Kreml mängib sõna otseses mõttes tulega". Eesti Päevaleht (in Estonian). Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  9. ^ "Vadim Štepa: isegi Moskvas on tekkinud oma separatistlik liikumine". Eesti Päevaleht (in Estonian). Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  10. ^ "АПН – Агентство Политических Новостей". www.apn.ru. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  11. ^ "Архивы Вадим Штепа – Спектр" (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  12. ^ "Вадим Штепа". Delfi.li.
  13. ^ "Вадим Штепа". Postimees.
  14. ^ "Вадим Штепа". Forbes.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  15. ^ "Вадим Штепа, политолог и философ, редактор онлайн-журнала Afterempire.info, Таллин — The New Times". newtimes.ru. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  16. ^ "Вадим Штепа". ICDS (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  17. ^ "Vadim Shtepa". Jamestown. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  18. ^ "Вадим Штепа – Информация об авторе – Север.Реалии". www.severreal.org. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
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