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Category Archives: Elections
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 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 ongoing municipal reform, flamboyant governors and others
The Kremlin’s municipal reform is still creating convulsions in several regions, primarily in Siberia and the Far East, which highlight some interesting patterns about multi-level governance. Meanwhile, Russia’s new cohort of eccentric governors had a bad month – but this … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Policies, Shorts
Tagged communists, economy, federation_council, governors, municipal_reform, regions, russian_railways, united_russia, vologda, yakutia, yakutsk
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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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On regional finances, Varangians vs locals, and others
Looking back on the past couple of weeks in Russian politics, I am going over the state of regional finances as of the end of May, pointing out why and where there are politically risky pressure points that will not … Continue reading
On new normals, regional finances and others
Thoughts on number-crunching after the elections and why research into falsification is important. Why did Putin have to have 87%? Musings about regional finances in early 2024. And some stories from the regions that didn’t make the cut in Bear … Continue reading
Posted in Dispatches, Elections, Policies
Tagged bashkortostan, budget, economy, infrastructure, kirienko, lng, putin, rzhd, siloviki, trutnev, utilities
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Signals from the mountains
Over the past weeks, the Republic of Altai, a small, rural region bordering China and Kazakhstan was, if not at the top of Russia’s domestic news agenda, but at least noted. The reason was an ongoing dispute between the governor … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Policies
Tagged altai, arkhangelsk, budget, constitutional_reform, dagestan, economy, governors, ingushetia, khakassia, mayors, nao, public_administration, regions, utilities
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