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- RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents & links :: JRL 2020-#100 :: Thursday, 4 June 2020 – Johnson's Russia List on NY Dispatches: the newfound assertiveness of regional leaders
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Tag Archives: ratings
NY Dispatches: Putin’s bonuses
Doctors and nurses have taken to the streets across Russia to demand the payment of pandemic-related bonuses promised by Vladimir Putin in April but only partially paid out. According to the government, medical staff has no reason to protest, and … Continue reading →
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Tagged budget, covid-19, doctors, government, mishustin, protests, putin, ratings, regions
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Elections that matter
Elections, however rigged and manipulated, have been an important source of legitimacy for the political system that Vladimir Putin created. Elections provide the procedural background to electing the docile legislatures on which to pass laws. For Putin they provide an … Continue reading →
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Tagged duma_election, electoral_reform, hungary, khabarovsk, local_elections, moscow, novosibirsk, opposition, presidential_election, putin, putinism, ratings, regions
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Of tragedies and farces
Russia will hold military parades across the country to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory in the Second World War, on 24 June. Following the parade (officially on 1 July, but with voting stretched out over a … Continue reading →
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Tagged constitutional_reform, covid-19, duma, patrushev, putin, ratings, regions, security_council, sobyanin
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NY Dispatches: the newfound assertiveness of regional leaders
The former head of the Republic of Chuvashia is suing Putin over his dismissal. This might seem outlandish but, along with other recent developments, it highlights a very real disturbance in Moscow’s relationship with regional political elites.
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Tagged arkhangelsk, chechnya, chuvashia, governors, kadyrov, nao, public_administration, putin, ratings, sakha, united_russia
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NY Dispatches: How to read Putin’s ratings
Vladimir Putin’s ratings are falling. Unsurprising, say some, given the president’s muted response to the coronavirus pandemic. But the causes run much deeper. It’s citizens’ trust in Putin, not their approval of the president that is failing.
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Tagged constitutional_reform, covid-19, government, governors, national_projects, putin, putinism, ratings
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United they stand
The ruling United Russia’s congress in November seemed to confirm that Russia’s leaders intend to rely on the party in the early 2020s as Vladimir Putin’s fourth presidential term draws to an end. This was significant because recent years have … Continue reading →
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Tagged duma_election, electoral_reform, local_elections, medvedev, navalny, party_system, presad, putin, ratings, turchak, united_russia, v_volodin
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Alexander the Reluctant
Belarus’s parliamentary election last week got barely any attention, even though the vote was a rehearsal for next year’s presidential election, in which Alexander Lukashenko, in power since 1994, will run for a sixth term. This coming election may tell … Continue reading →
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Tagged 2024, armenia, babich, belarus, energy, foreign_policy, lukashenko, putin, ratings
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