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Soviet Solutions to Post-Soviet Problems: Has Vladimir Putin Really Strengthened the Federal Center?

July 23, 2012
PONARS Eurasia

Almost immediately after his May 2000 inauguration, President Putin moved swiftly to address the epidemic of regional resistance to central authority in the latter 1990s. Vowing to reestablish and reassert…

The Limited Reach of Russia’s Party System: Under-Institutionalization in the Provinces

July 23, 2012
PONARS Eurasia

With the 1999 elections to the State Duma completed and a new president recently elected, a Russian party system, although fragile, is perceptible. Party factions are active and somewhat enduring…

Central Weakness and Provincial Autonomy: The Process of Devolution in Russia

July 23, 2012
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The most recent round of financial and political crises in Russia serve to underscore the growing power shift between the federal government in Moscow and the 89 units that comprise…

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