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No questions allowed
The expulsion of a sitting Duma deputy from United Russia for breaking party discipline has very few precedents. It may thus foreshadow the ruling party’s approach to legislating in the years leading up to 2024 and possibly also serves as … Continue reading
Posted in Kremlinology, Policies
Tagged budget, chuvashia, ignatiev, marchenko, nao, putin, regions, sakha, skrynnik, tatarstan, united_russia, yermolin
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Investing in stagnation
We haven’t seen sweeping personnel changes following Russia’s legislative election this year. But things are shifting below the surface. It seems that the authorities’ quest for stability is accelerating changes in the relationship between the federal government and the regions, … Continue reading
Merge, subordinate, centralize
Last year’s constitutional reform created the concept of federal territories, a new type of administrative division, and seemed to integrate municipalities into the system of administrative power. 2020 also brought the issue of regional mergers back onto the political agenda. … Continue reading
On restructuring and reconstruction
Vladimir Putin’s proposals to restructure the debt of Russian regions will likely provide regions with some much-needed fiscal relief in an election year. Putin expects governors to come up with ideas, spend on them and take responsibility for their implementation. … Continue reading
Posted in Policies
Tagged budget, chechnya, chelyabinsk, crimea, debt, finance_ministry, national_projects, nizhny_novgorod, putin, regions, yanao
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The plague year of the regions
The pandemic year of 2020 battered regional budgets. Some went through a double crisis due to the oil slump in the first half of the year. However, official figures released in January show a somewhat rosier picture than many feared. … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Policies
Tagged bashkortostan, budget, duma_election, finance_ministry, infrastructure, kemerovo, moscow, national_projects, regions, st. petersburg, sverdlovsk, tyumen
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NY Dispatches: Regions and bankruptcy
One of the news that generated significant interest over the past week was the “bankruptcy” of Ingushetia, a North Caucasian region. But Ingushetia going “bankrupt” is not exactly what happened. What Ingushetia is going through is close to bankruptcy, but … Continue reading
Posted in Dispatches, Policies
Tagged budget, covid-19, ingushetia, khakassia, kostroma, magadan, may_decrees, mordovia, national_projects, regions
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In search of a Kalmyk relief
The second wave of the pandemic is hitting Russia’s regions harder than the first and most regions are ill-equipped to deal with it. In some, political squabbles impede effective policymaking; these conflicts also highlight why the Kremlin’s model of governing … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, altai, budget, constitutional_reform, covid-19, health, kalmykia, putin, regions, united_russia
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