Аннотация:For many foreign authors, study & research of contemporary Russian politics today is rather a creative exercise based on idle fantasies and exquisite theories that have nothing to do with reality. Current paper gives a valid decoding of one of the most common political cliches - “Putinism”, and tries to describe what will be the fate of both Putinism and Russian domestic politics in the framework of the “close sight” of the upcoming presidential elections in 2024 and possible renewal of the public discourse.