Open figure viewer
Significance
Five years after Sergey Kiriyenko arrived in the presidential administration to manage the political system, technocratic leaders are emerging from his programme designed to create a new generation of governors.
Impacts
United Russia's strategy of appointing governors as local party secretaries is no guarantee of a higher vote.
Deputy governors are gaining political power through their roles in liaising with Moscow and the security services.
Khakhassia's leader Valentin Konovalov, a Communist elected in 2018, may be the next to face pressure to resign.
Keywords:
Russia,
RUCIS,
politics,
election,
government,
party,
policy,
regional,
opposition,
economy,
social,
corruption,
crime,
ethnic,
fiscal,
legislation,
protest
© Oxford Analytica 2021. All rights reserved. This content contains general information about geopolitical, macroeconomic and social developments or (where stated) other matters. It does not contain advice or recommendations that may be relied on. Where links to external websites are provided, this does not indicate that Oxford Analytica or Emerald agree with, endorse or have checked for accuracy the contents of said sites.
2021
You do not currently have access to this content.
