Foreign equivalents of 'logrolling'

[Alex]

> >>The Oxford dictionary translates the term as "politika 'ty mne -ja
> >>tebe'," which smells like a custom coinage.  Would anyone know of
> >>another term?  I would also be interested in equivalents from other
> >>Slavic languages.
> >
> >A common term in Bulgarian is shurobadzhanachestvo, from shurej
> >'brother-in-law: wife's brother' and badzhanak 'brother-in-law:
> >wife's sister's brother'.
>
> That would be Russian "kumovstvo". In a negative sense Russians like to
> quote Krylov: "Za chto kukushka xvalit petuxa, za to chto xvalit on
> kukushku."
>
> In a positive sense, it might be "krugovaja poruka", although it could be
> perceived or used as a negative one as well, as in code of silence, for
ex.

Прошу прощения за вторжение...
Мне все-таки кажется, что Крылов имел скорее всего в виду
подхалимаж (или, как раньше говорили, "мелкий подхалимаж")

И я что-то не ощущаю в выражении "круговая порука" ничего
положительного. Положительно звучит "взаимоподдержка".

Александр

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