Anybody actually interested in Russian history, social organization and politics should follow Dima Vorobiev on Quora. He worked for Soviet propaganda under Yel

Anybody actually interested in Russian history, social organization and politics should follow Dima Vorobiev on Quora. He worked for Soviet propaganda under Yeltsin and Gorbachev, I cannot recommend them highly enough. Here is an older answer where he talks about Russian 'tributary taxation': https://www.quora.com/Will-Russia-abandon-the-tributary-taxation-system-in-the-future-or-is-this-clan-like-system-a-permanent-part-of-Russian-society/answer/Dima-Vorobiev https://www.quora.com/Will-Russia-abandon-the-tributary-taxa...