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The course of politics in the Russian regions will continue to be shaped by the development of those two factors which have been so central up until now, the relationship with the centre mediated in part through the federal structure, and the disposition of power at the local and regional levels. Any attempt to look at the possible future course of politics in the regions, including the prospects for democratization, must therefore consider these two issues.
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Nikolai Petrov, “The 2003 Duma Elections and the Unified Russia Phenomenon”, in Geir Flikke (ed), The Uncertainties of Putin’s Democracy (Oslo: Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, 2004), pp. 98–99.
Although it did vigorously reject attempts by Putin in 2002 to make it easier for the centre to remove governors, thereby ensuring that there was no weakening of the established position. Elena A. Chebankova, “The Limitations of Central Authority in the Regions and the Implications for the Evolution of Russia’s Federal System”, Europe-Asia Studies 57, 7, November 2005, p. 938.
For this term, see Timothy J. Colton and Michael McFaul, Popular Choice and Managed Democracy. The Russian Elections of 1999 and 2000 (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2003).
Henry E. Hale, Why Not Parties in Russia? Democracy Federalism, and the State (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2006), pp. 133–4.
See the argument in Gordon M. Hahn, “The Impact of Putin’s Federative Reforms on Democratization in Russia”, Post-Soviet Affairs 19, 2, April–June 2003, pp.114–53. Although Hahn also acknowledges that in some instances executive power has been enhanced at the expense of the legislature.
On the basis of the share of transfers coming from the federal budget in 1999, the following were donor regions (ie. they received no such transfers): the cities of Moscow and St Petersburg; Moscow, Lipetsk, Samara, Perm and Sverdlovsk oblasts; Khanty-Mansii and Yamalo-Nenets AOs; Komi, Tatarstan and Bashkortostan republics; and Krasnoyarsk krai. Cameron Ross, Federalism and democratisation in Russia (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2002), p. 84.
Khloponin was also the former governor of Taimyr AO. Andrew Yorke, “Business and Politics in Krasnoyarsk Krai”, Europe-Asia Studies 55, 2, 2003, pp. 256–7.
For details of the presence of major companies in the different regions, see Robert W. Orrtung, “Business and Politics in the Russian Regions”, Problems of Post-Communism 51, 2, March–April 2004, pp. 52–4.
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Gill, G. (2007). Conclusion: Democratization and Regional Politics?. In: Gill, G. (eds) Politics in the Russian Regions. Studies in Central and Eastern Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230597280_9
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