[T]he so-called siloviki have installed themselves deep inside the country’s boss class – something that did not happen to anything like the same degree during the Cold War.
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Silovik
//ˈsiːləvɪk//
Synonyms for "silovik"
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21 translations across 17 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- ուժային noun (former member of the security services and the military, any power structure (Russia))
Belarusian
1 entries- сілаві́к noun (former member of the security services and the military, any power structure (Russia))
Bulgarian
1 entries- силови́к noun (former member of the security services and the military, any power structure (Russia))
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 強力部門 /强力部门 noun (former member of the security services and the military, any power structure (Russia))
- 西羅維基 /西罗维基 noun (former member of the security services and the military, any power structure (Russia))
Dutch
1 entries- silovik noun (former member of the security services and the military, any power structure (Russia))
Finnish
1 entries- silovikki noun (former member of the security services and the military, any power structure (Russia))
French
1 entries- silovik noun (former member of the security services and the military, any power structure (Russia))
German
1 entries- Silowik noun (former member of the security services and the military, any power structure (Russia))
Hebrew
1 entries- סילוביקי noun (former member of the security services and the military, any power structure (Russia))
Japanese
2 entries- シロヴィキ noun (former member of the security services and the military, any power structure (Russia))
- シロヴィク noun (former member of the security services and the military, any power structure (Russia))
Korean
2 entries- 실로비크 noun (former member of the security services and the military, any power structure (Russia))
- 실로비키 noun (former member of the security services and the military, any power structure (Russia))
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- silovik noun (former member of the security services and the military, any power structure (Russia))
Russian
1 entries- силови́к noun (former member of the security services and the military, any power structure (Russia))
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- silovik noun (former member of the security services and the military, any power structure (Russia))
- силовик noun (former member of the security services and the military, any power structure (Russia))
Swedish
1 entries- silovik noun (former member of the security services and the military, any power structure (Russia))
Turkish
1 entries- silovik noun (former member of the security services and the military, any power structure (Russia))
Ukrainian
1 entries- силови́к noun (former member of the security services and the military, any power structure (Russia))
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