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Russian Federation

An authoritarian state with concentrated executive power, severe repression of dissent, pervasive security-service capacity, and ongoing responsibility for aggression and war crimes in Ukraine. Russian Federation scores low because of coercive violence, documented human harm, and ecological harm, with centralized governance and weak stakeholder ownership reinforcing the negative evaluation.

Why this matters: Russia anchors state scoring where authoritarian domestic control and external military aggression collapse most power-accountability safeguards.

Letter grade F Malignant Medium confidence (AI) Rubric gcd-rubric-v1 Last reviewed May 6, 2026

Final Score -73* F - Malignant

FMALIGNANT-73 pts

* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.

Base Material5

Bonus+0

Cap35Ownership <= 2 and Governance <= 2

After Cap5

Penalties-78

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Evaluation Overview

F - Malignant

The score turns mainly on Extraction, with the largest penalty coming from Coercive Violence.

Strengths

Extraction1/10
Labor Sovereignty1/7
Loss-Bearing Fidelity1/7

Penalties

Coercive Violence-30
Human Harm-20
Ecological Harm-10
Reversibility-5

Evidence state

ConfidenceMedium confidence (AI)
ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)
Linked claims9
Direct axis claims9
Coverage9/17

Scoring Axes

Axis	Score	Why this score
Ownership ? Control rights: shareholder-dominated at 0, worker cooperative control at 10.	0 / 10	Freedom House rates Russia not free, reflecting authoritarian consolidation, repression of dissent, and lack of meaningful electoral accountability. Freedom House rates Russia not free, reflecting authoritarian consolidation, repression of dissent, and lack of meaningful electoral accountability. That keeps Russian Federation low on Ownership: decisive control remains with shareholders, private owners, executives, or state insiders rather than affected people. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 0 scored entries below, 11 tied, 215 above on Ownership. Linked evidence context Freedom House rates Russia not free, reflecting authoritarian consolidation, repression of dissent, and lack of meaningful electoral accountability. [1]
Governance ? Binding decision authority: centralized control at 0, democratic stakeholder control at 10.	0 / 10	Freedom House rates Russia not free, reflecting authoritarian consolidation, repression of dissent, and lack of meaningful electoral accountability. Freedom House rates Russia not free, reflecting authoritarian consolidation, repression of dissent, and lack of meaningful electoral accountability. That keeps Russian Federation low on Governance: ordinary users, workers, customers, or affected communities cannot change the rules that govern them. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 0 scored entries below, 1 tied, 225 above on Governance. Uncertainty Priority page: add more axis-specific research over time to make the comparative placement harder to dispute. Linked evidence Freedom House rates Russia not free, reflecting authoritarian consolidation, repression of dissent, and lack of meaningful electoral accountability. [1]
Extraction ? Surplus allocation, wage share, CEO pay ratio, margins, and structured extraction judgment.	1 / 10	Freedom House rates Russia not free, reflecting authoritarian consolidation, repression of dissent, and lack of meaningful electoral accountability. Freedom House rates Russia not free, reflecting authoritarian consolidation, repression of dissent, and lack of meaningful electoral accountability. That keeps Russian Federation low on Extraction: the business model makes extraction from workers, users, suppliers, customers, or the public central rather than incidental. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 2 scored entries below, 17 tied, 207 above on Extraction. Linked evidence context Freedom House rates Russia not free, reflecting authoritarian consolidation, repression of dissent, and lack of meaningful electoral accountability. [1]
Labor Sovereignty ? Worker power: coercive conditions at 0, co-determination or ownership at 7. Employee dissatisfaction matters only when source-backed evidence shows concrete limits on worker agency, such as coercive scheduling, retaliation, wage theft, harassment, unsafe conditions, suppression of worker voice, or extreme turnover.	1 / 7	Freedom House rates Russia not free, reflecting authoritarian consolidation, repression of dissent, and lack of meaningful electoral accountability. Freedom House rates Russia not free, reflecting authoritarian consolidation, repression of dissent, and lack of meaningful electoral accountability. That keeps Russian Federation low on Labor Sovereignty: labor remains managerially controlled, replaceable, or exposed to coercive employment and contracting conditions. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 1 scored entries below, 6 tied, 219 above on Labor Sovereignty. Linked evidence context Freedom House rates Russia not free, reflecting authoritarian consolidation, repression of dissent, and lack of meaningful electoral accountability. [1]
Solidarity with the Unemployed ? Treatment of exits and nonworkers, including severance, redeployment, and non-competes.	0 / 7	Freedom House rates Russia not free, reflecting authoritarian consolidation, repression of dissent, and lack of meaningful electoral accountability. Freedom House rates Russia not free, reflecting authoritarian consolidation, repression of dissent, and lack of meaningful electoral accountability. That keeps Russian Federation low on Solidarity with the Unemployed: the model provides little protection for people who leave, are excluded, or cannot bargain from employment. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 0 scored entries below, 2 tied, 224 above on Solidarity with the Unemployed. Linked evidence context Freedom House rates Russia not free, reflecting authoritarian consolidation, repression of dissent, and lack of meaningful electoral accountability. [1]
Loss-Bearing Fidelity ? Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and public obligations.	1 / 7	Freedom House rates Russia not free, reflecting authoritarian consolidation, repression of dissent, and lack of meaningful electoral accountability. Freedom House rates Russia not free, reflecting authoritarian consolidation, repression of dissent, and lack of meaningful electoral accountability. That keeps Russian Federation low on Loss-Bearing Fidelity: losses, hazards, or adjustment costs are routinely pushed onto workers, customers, suppliers, communities, or the public. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 12 scored entries below, 20 tied, 194 above on Loss-Bearing Fidelity. Linked evidence context Freedom House rates Russia not free, reflecting authoritarian consolidation, repression of dissent, and lack of meaningful electoral accountability. [1]
Market Conduct ? Pricing fairness, switching costs, lock-in, and rent extraction.	1 / 5	Freedom House rates Russia not free, reflecting authoritarian consolidation, repression of dissent, and lack of meaningful electoral accountability. Freedom House rates Russia not free, reflecting authoritarian consolidation, repression of dissent, and lack of meaningful electoral accountability. That keeps Russian Federation low on Market Conduct: market power, lock-in, coercive pricing, or exclusionary conduct is a major part of the institution's position. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 15 scored entries below, 15 tied, 196 above on Market Conduct. Linked evidence context Freedom House rates Russia not free, reflecting authoritarian consolidation, repression of dissent, and lack of meaningful electoral accountability. [1]
Product Integrity ? Preservation of quality rather than degradation for monetization.	1 / 5	Freedom House rates Russia not free, reflecting authoritarian consolidation, repression of dissent, and lack of meaningful electoral accountability. Freedom House rates Russia not free, reflecting authoritarian consolidation, repression of dissent, and lack of meaningful electoral accountability. That keeps Russian Federation low on Product Integrity: the core offering is closely tied to harmful, addictive, deceptive, degrading, or low-integrity product design. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 5 scored entries below, 17 tied, 204 above on Product Integrity. Linked evidence context Freedom House rates Russia not free, reflecting authoritarian consolidation, repression of dissent, and lack of meaningful electoral accountability. [1]
Scale Integrity ? Whether growth improves or degrades fairness and accountability.	0 / 5	Freedom House rates Russia not free, reflecting authoritarian consolidation, repression of dissent, and lack of meaningful electoral accountability. Freedom House rates Russia not free, reflecting authoritarian consolidation, repression of dissent, and lack of meaningful electoral accountability. That keeps Russian Federation low on Scale Integrity: scale magnifies harm, gatekeeping, opacity, or extraction rather than disciplining it. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 0 scored entries below, 13 tied, 213 above on Scale Integrity. Linked evidence context Freedom House rates Russia not free, reflecting authoritarian consolidation, repression of dissent, and lack of meaningful electoral accountability. [1]

Penalties

Penalty	Applied	Why this penalty
Reversibility ? Applied when positive conduct depends on current living leaders, founders, family owners, or other person-contingent governance rather than durable structure. Range: -5 to 0.	-5	Russia lacks structural democratic safeguards that would lock in accountable power relations, making any positive conduct highly discretionary. Russia lacks structural democratic safeguards that would lock in accountable power relations, making any positive conduct highly discretionary. That warrants a severe Reversibility penalty because favorable conduct depends on current people or discretionary leadership rather than locked stakeholder structure. The value is near the floor because the conduct appears central, large-scale, repeated, or institutionally powerful rather than incidental. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 0 scored entries below, 95 tied, 131 above on Reversibility. Linked evidence Russia lacks structural democratic safeguards that would lock in accountable power relations, making any positive conduct highly discretionary. [2]
Human Harm ? Severity, scale, culpability, vulnerable targets, willful reoffense, reputation laundering, pattern escalation, and time decay. Range: -20 to 0.	-20	The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova over alleged war crimes related to unlawful deportation and transfer of Ukrainian children. The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova over alleged war crimes related to unlawful deportation and transfer of Ukrainian children. That warrants a severe Human Harm penalty because ordinary operation, documented misconduct, or institutional power creates serious injury, deprivation, abuse, or foreseeable human damage. The value is near the floor because the conduct appears central, large-scale, repeated, or institutionally powerful rather than incidental. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 0 scored entries below, 9 tied, 217 above on Human Harm. Linked evidence The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova over alleged war crimes related to unlawful deportation and transfer of Ukrainian children. [3]
Coercive Violence ? Direct or institutionally enabled killing, torture, detention abuse, armed repression, forced displacement, violent domination, or nonconsensual crisis-line emergency escalation that exposes callers to confinement or force. Range: -30 to 0.	-30	Russia's invasion of Ukraine, ICC war-crimes warrants, and domestic authoritarian repression place the Russian Federation at the maximum coercive-violence tier. Russia's invasion of Ukraine, ICC war-crimes warrants, and domestic authoritarian repression place the Russian Federation at the maximum coercive-violence tier. That warrants a severe Coercive Violence penalty because the institution uses, enables, profits from, or materially supports violent domination, detention abuse, war, or armed coercion. The value is near the floor because the conduct appears central, large-scale, repeated, or institutionally powerful rather than incidental. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 0 scored entries below, 2 tied, 224 above on Coercive Violence. Linked evidence Russia's invasion of Ukraine, ICC war-crimes warrants, and domestic authoritarian repression place the Russian Federation at the maximum coercive-violence tier. [4]
Ecological Harm ? Footprint, trajectory, irreversibility, culpability, and scale, including whether ecological harm is central to the model and continued after credible notice. Range: -30 to 0.	-10	The Russian Federation sits in the severe Ecological Harm range because major fossil-fuel production is compounded by war-related environmental destruction in Ukraine. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 15 scored entries below, 1 tied, 210 above on Ecological Harm. Linked evidence Russia is a major fossil-fuel producer and energy exporter, and its war in Ukraine has added major environmental destruction to its ecological burden. [5]
Accountability Opacity ? Material opacity, reputation laundering, or hidden accountability structures that prevent public accountability. Range: -2 to 0.	-2	Russia’s authoritarian political system and repression of independent media and opposition create extreme public-accountability opacity. Russia’s authoritarian political system and repression of independent media and opposition create extreme public-accountability opacity. That warrants a severe Accountability Opacity penalty because material facts, risks, conflicts, ownership, or accountability information are obscured from the public. The value is near the floor because the conduct appears central, large-scale, repeated, or institutionally powerful rather than incidental. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 0 scored entries below, 52 tied, 174 above on Accountability Opacity. Linked evidence Russia’s authoritarian political system and repression of independent media and opposition create extreme public-accountability opacity. [6]
Identity Capture ? Customer pressure, employee pressure, and pervasive identity saturation. Range: -3 to 0.	-3	Russian state power relies heavily on enforced patriotic, security, and anti-opposition narratives that pressure identity alignment and suppress dissent. Russian state power relies heavily on enforced patriotic, security, and anti-opposition narratives that pressure identity alignment and suppress dissent. That warrants a severe Identity Capture penalty because users, workers, customers, or publics are pressured into identity attachment that protects institutional power. The value is near the floor because the conduct appears central, large-scale, repeated, or institutionally powerful rather than incidental. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 0 scored entries below, 12 tied, 214 above on Identity Capture. Linked evidence Russian state power relies heavily on enforced patriotic, security, and anti-opposition narratives that pressure identity alignment and suppress dissent. [7]
Surveillance Capture ? Invasive surveillance, unreasonably non-optional tracking, facial recognition, biometric identification, or AI behavior scanning of customers, workers, bystanders, or the public. Range: -5 to 0.	-5	Freedom House reports Russia’s severe repression and lack of political freedoms, describes conduct considered under Surveillance Capture security-state control. Freedom House reports Russia’s severe repression and lack of political freedoms, describes conduct considered under Surveillance Capture security-state control. That warrants a severe Surveillance Capture penalty because customers, workers, users, bystanders, or the public are exposed to invasive tracking, biometrics, or behavior scanning. The value is near the floor because the conduct appears central, large-scale, repeated, or institutionally powerful rather than incidental. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 0 scored entries below, 12 tied, 214 above on Surveillance Capture. Linked evidence Freedom House reports Russia’s severe repression and lack of political freedoms, describes conduct considered under Surveillance Capture security-state control. [8]
Ideological Disavowal ? Concealed ideology presented as neutrality, expertise, professional necessity, public-service administration, market inevitability, or non-ideological common sense while exercising power. Range: -3 to 0.	-3	Russian Federation's public framing is assessed as ideological-disavowal evidence because Russian Federation combines major gatekeeping, coercive, or infrastructural power with pronounced… Russian Federation's public framing is assessed as ideological-disavowal evidence because Russian Federation combines major gatekeeping, coercive, or infrastructural power with pronounced claims of neutrality, administrative necessity, national legitimacy, safety, objectivity, or professional expertise. That warrants a severe Ideological Disavowal penalty because the institution presents situated, contested choices as neutrality, expertise, inevitability, safety, or common sense. The value is near the floor because the conduct appears central, large-scale, repeated, or institutionally powerful rather than incidental. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Ideological Disavowal 0 to -3 recalibration: 0 for explicit standpoint or no penalty-level neutrality theater; -1 for bounded softening of contested choices; -2 for strong neutrality theater by a powerful institution; -3 for major gatekeeping or coercive power presented as neutral, necessary, objective, or non-ideological. Uncertainty This recalibration uses public self-presentation and profile evidence; later review should add direct language-analysis evidence for high-impact institutions. Linked evidence Russian Federation's public framing is assessed as ideological-disavowal evidence because Russian Federation combines major gatekeeping, coercive, or infrastructural power with pronounced claims of neutrality, administrative necessity, national legitimacy, safety, objectivity, or professional expertise. [9]

Bonus Credits

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Confidence Basis

Confidence is computed from the evidence trail and review state, not typed into the profile by hand.

Medium 72/100

9 verified linked claims 9 direct axis claims 0 disputed claims 9/17 components covered

This confidence label measures the source-backed evidence trail. AI-scaffolded scores remain tentative until human review.

Claim confidence 18/20

9 verified linked claims

Source quality 10/18

Best source per verified claim, weighted by institutional reliability

Direct axis-specific claims 9/18

9 direct claims across 17 active components

Dispute load 12/12

0 disputed claims on this entity

Recency 10/10

Newest accepted timestamp: May 13, 2026

Reviewer status 7/12

Human-reviewed components score higher than AI scaffolding

Component coverage 5/10

9/17 evidence-bearing components have direct support

Evidence State

Profile stateAI draft / human-pending

VerificationUnverified

ConfidenceMedium confidence (AI)

ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)

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Claims and Sources

Claims are the evidence record. Each claim needs a source link, axis category, status, confidence level, and timestamp before it can support a score.

* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.

1Freedom House rates Russia not free, reflecting authoritarian consolidation, repression of dissent, and lack of meaningful electoral accountability.

Governance Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 6, 2026

AI scaffold

Freedom House: Russia, Freedom in the World 2025General web source · 58%

2Russia lacks structural democratic safeguards that would lock in accountable power relations, making any positive conduct highly discretionary.

Reversibility Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 6, 2026

AI scaffold

Freedom House: Russia, Freedom in the World 2025General web source · 58%

3The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova over alleged war crimes related to unlawful deportation and transfer of Ukrainian children.

Human Harm Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 6, 2026

AI scaffold

ICC: Situation in Ukraine arrest warrantsGeneral web source · 58%

4Russia's invasion of Ukraine, ICC war-crimes warrants, and domestic authoritarian repression place the Russian Federation at the maximum coercive-violence tier.

Coercive Violence Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 6, 2026

AI scaffold

ICC: Situation in Ukraine arrest warrantsGeneral web source · 58%
Freedom House: Russia, Freedom in the World 2025General web source · 58%

5Russia is a major fossil-fuel producer and energy exporter, and its war in Ukraine has added major environmental destruction to its ecological burden.

Ecological Harm Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 6, 2026

AI scaffold

IEA countries: RussiaGeneral web source · 58%

6Russia’s authoritarian political system and repression of independent media and opposition create extreme public-accountability opacity.

Accountability Opacity Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 6, 2026

AI scaffold

Freedom House: Russia, Freedom in the World 2025General web source · 58%

7Russian state power relies heavily on enforced patriotic, security, and anti-opposition narratives that pressure identity alignment and suppress dissent.

Identity Capture Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 6, 2026

AI scaffold

Freedom House: Russia, Freedom in the World 2025General web source · 58%

8Freedom House reports Russia’s severe repression and lack of political freedoms, describes conduct considered under Surveillance Capture security-state control.

Surveillance Capture Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 6, 2026

AI scaffold

Freedom House: Russia, Freedom in the World 2025General web source · 58%

9Russian Federation's public framing is assessed as ideological-disavowal evidence because Russian Federation combines major gatekeeping, coercive, or infrastructural power with pronounced claims of neutrality, administrative necessity, national legitimacy, safety, objectivity, or professional expertise.

Ideological Disavowal Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 9, 2026

AI scaffold

Russian Federation official siteGeneral web source · 58%
Freedom House: Russia, Freedom in the World 2025General web source · 58%
ICC: Situation in Ukraine arrest warrantsGeneral web source · 58%

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