Russian Local Politics in the Putin–Medvedev Era

Joel Moses

Europe-Asia Studies, 2010, vol. 62, issue 9, 1427-1452

Abstract: Political reforms and changes on the local level by the Putin–Medvedev leadership have resulted in an almost unprecedented turnover of leadership but they have aroused political conflict and even resistance by unsettling the political status quo throughout the 83 subnational units of the Russian Federation. The reforms have resulted in the marginalisation of the authority of city mayors, the recruitment from outside of chief executives of federation regions, and the polarisation of ethnic enclaves by national policies. Destabilising everything is the combination of a United Russia (Edinaya Rossiya) political party bent on national dominance, ambiguous liberal appeals and democratic reforms by President Medvedev, and a global economic recession.

Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2010.515791

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