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Category Archives: Dispatches
On regional fiscal figures, falling governors and others
A first look at the Treasury’s data on regional budget execution in the first quarter of 2026 and what this means for regional finances; an explanation of why the dismissal of Vyacheslav Gladkov is likely watched and thought over by … Continue reading
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Tagged arrests, bashkortostan, belgorod, bryansk, budgets, crypto, dagestan, debt, economy, governors, infrastructure, irkutsk, komi, krasnoyarsk, kursk, moscow, moscow_region, municipal_reform, nationalization, novosibirsk, primorye, railways, regions, united_russia, utilities
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On livestock protests in Siberia, the pitfalls of the Duma vote and others
What do the protests over livestock culling in Siberia say about the relationship between the Russian state and its citizens? And why is this just one of the many accumulating grievances that the Kremlin is concerned about ahead of this … Continue reading
Posted in Dispatches, Elections, Policies
Tagged agriculture, arrests, bashkortostan, budgets, buryatia, chelyabinsk, communists, dagestan, deputy_governors, duma_election, governors, ivanovo, krasnodar, kursk, lipetsk, maritime, mayors, municipal_reform, novosibirsk, primorye, protests, regions, rzhd, saratov, smirnov, starovoit, sverdlovsk, tambov, tomsk, transit
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On regional budgets, veteran reintegration and others
What does a bit more granular look at regional deficits from preliminary electronic budget data tell us about fiscal risks in 2026? What can we glean from the first year of the regional equivalents of the “Time of Heroes” training … Continue reading
Posted in Dispatches, Policies, Society
Tagged arkhangelsk, arrests, bashkortostan, budget, chelyabinsk, governors, kemerovo, krasnodar, labor_market, murmansk, nationalism, public_administration, regional_elections, regions, stavropol, sverdlovsk, time_of_heroes, tula, tuva, united_russia, veterans, vologda, war
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On the costs of veteran reintegration, regional elections and more
As the year starts in Russia, the reintegration of soldiers and upcoming regional and Duma elections are on the mind of the authorities. The Kremlin is creating pathways to spread the cost of and responsibility for veteran reintegration, while regions … Continue reading
Posted in Dispatches, Elections, Policies
Tagged bashkortostan, budgets, duma_election, economy, governors, kemerovo, lipetsk, municipal_reform, political_prisoners, regional_elections, regions, shoigu, siberia, social_payments, veterans, vologda, war, waste_collection
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On the municipal reform and war participants, Putin’s press conference and others
The federal reform of municipal public administration continues to throw waves and upsetting people – unsurprisingly, even former war participants. This is just one of the many underlying political risks that the Kremlin is aware of but can do little … Continue reading
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Tagged birobidzhan, budgets, eao, economy, foreign_policy, governors, izhevsk, khakassia, komi, krasnoyarsk, municipal_reform, orenburg, regions, sverdlovsk, veterans, waste_collection, yakutia
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On regional finances and others
As discussion starts about Russia’s 2026 federal budget, it is worth taking a look at the state of regional finances and where they are trending as Russia is headed either towards a prolonged war or an uneasy peace. Apart from … Continue reading
On Russia’s upcoming elections and why they matter
Russia will hold regular regional and local elections on September 12-14 . The “single day of voting” – admittedly, the name is a little confusing given that since 2020 elections in many regions have been held over two or three … Continue reading
Posted in Dispatches, Elections
Tagged altai, bryansk, buryatia, cities, communists, digitization, electoral_reform, governors, gubernatoropad, irkutsk, komi, kprf, kursk, lenoblast, magadan, mayors, navalny, opposition, protests, public_administration, regional_elections, regions, sverdlovsk, tambov, united_russia, veterans, war
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