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Russian Federalism as a Research Challenge
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Despite the centralisation of government in the 2000s, the problems of Russian federalism still engage the minds of experts in and outside Russia. The tonality and areas of study have of course changed substantially. While in the 1990s they focused on the development and improvement of federalism and the introduction of innovations, including Western experience, in the 2000s the focus shifted to the processes and causes of federalism's curtailment,
its relevance, its prospects in Russia being called into question and alternative models of territorial state structure being discussed. After a year of work, participants of this project have come up with a vision of the problems of Russian federalism in its various dimensions, i.e. political, legal, economic, etc. Regional participants
have contributed their own vision of what is happening to Russian federalism.
Keywords: Russian federalism
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The article examines the key positions of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation regarding issues of Russia’s federal structure. In its rulings, the Constitutional Court interprets Russia as a constitutional (but not contractual) federation, in which the sole bearer of sovereignty is the people of Russia. Accordingly, the constituent entities of the Russian Federation ...
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Klementev I., Скиф. Вопросы студенческой науки 2025 № 2(102) С. 183–190
This article examines the transformation of the Russian model of federalism over the past three decades. The author engages in a debate with scholars who advocate for deep decentralization in Russia and demonstrates the fundamental-both methodological and historical-political-flaws in their position. The author argues that decentralization implemented at any significant depth would inevitably generate risks ...
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Klementev I., Евразийский юридический журнал 2025 № 1 С. 177–178
The article examines the impact of the 2020 constitutional reform on federal relations in Russia. Particular attention is paid to the constitutional entrenchment of the concept of a unified system of public authority and its subsequent elaboration in new federal laws concerning the State Council and the organization of public authority in the constituent entities ...
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Yuzbekova K., Политическая наука 2025 № 3 С. 276–298
In the article, based on the analysis of the existing works on the status of the constituent units of the state and related studies of Russian federalism, as well as the presented list of status indicators, which include two main groups of characteristics: formal norms and resources (economic, political, cultural), an attempt is made to ...
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Глотов С., Mazaev V. D., Социальные и гуманитарные науки. Отечественная и зарубежная литература. Серия 4: Государство и право 2024 № 3 С. 23–35
The article deals with equal, but at the same time, asymmetric relations that have developed both between the subjects of the Russian Federation and between the "center – regions". Ways of solving emerging problems are outlined and proposed. ...
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Yenikeyeff S., , in: Problems Confronting Contemporary Democracies: Essays in Honor of Alfred Stepan.: Notre Dame Press, 2012.
Alfred Stepan's comparative work on federal systems has inspired this study on Russian federalism and the important role corporations could play in shaping center-periphery relations within a federation system. Russia's political and economic transition under the first Russian President Boris Yeltsin and his successor, Vladimir Putin, was shaped by the asymmetrical nature of the Russian ...
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In Russia, formal constitutional principles of federalism cannot be abolished without putting the country’s political stability at significant risk. Even the Soviet leadership could not afford to take such chances. The size of the Russian territory, its diversity, the importance of its historical memory (both the Russian Empire and the Soviet federal construction), and the ...
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The low functional effectiveness of institutions of regional representation is an urgent issue for the Russian political system. The Russian system of bi-cameraltsm is in crisis because the Federation Council has, to a large extent, lost its function as a body of authority representing regional interests due to the current practices o f delegating senators. There are also problems ...
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In the wake of the Russian transition to a market economy, the interaction of new post-Soviet business and regional/local government has become one of the most important issues on the political agenda. "Business-power"
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Business and politics are closely connected. Many members of the business elite are members of influential interest groups. In democratic polyarchies, western students of political science have noted the disproportionate influence
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Using statistical method authors test hypotheses about dependencies of bureaucracy performance on regional political regime, financial dependence on federal center, salaries of public administration executives and their quantity. Results shows significant influence of all these factors. ...
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Fabrykant M., , in: Autonomy Arrangements around the World: A Collection of Well and Lesser Known Cases.: Cluj: Romanian Institute for Research on National Minorities, 2014. P. 169–186.
The chapter traces the historical background of the Jewish Autonomous Ollast and analyses its contempoirary position in the Russian Federation. ...
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Zaytsev D., Задорин И. В., В кн.: К новой модели российского федерализма.: М.: Весь мир, 2013. Гл. 5.1 С. 285–302.
Статья подготовлена по результатам социологического исследования: массовых опросов населения и интервью с представителями политических и интеллектуальных элит. ...
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Akopov S., Razumeyko N., Regional Insights (London, Routledge) 2011 No. 2 P. 9–11
Natalia Razumeyko and Sergey Akopov argue that the complexity of the Russian state has both placed a premium on regional identities as the bedrock of Federal unity, but created new vulnerabilities for the Russian state in an age of centralisation. ...
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Turovsky R. F., Полития: Анализ. Хроника. Прогноз 2009 № 2 С. 72–89
Переход к назначению губернаторов стал переломным моментом в российской региональной политике, обозначив движение к рецентрализации. Существует расхожее мнение, что после отказа от выборов губернаторов отношения между центром и регионами в России полностью утратили федеративный характер. На наш взгляд, это не совсем верно, поскольку отдельные элементы федеративных отношений все-таки сохранились, в частности — разграничение полномочий между центром и ...
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Turovsky R. F., Полис. Политические исследования 2009 № 2 С. 77–95
Региональные политические исследования даже в условиях централизации власти остаются распространенным направлением отечественной политической науки хотя бы в силу размеров нашего государства и обилия региональных политологических школ, объект исследования которых находится буквально под боком. В то же время сохраняется потребность в дальнейшей разработке теоретико-методологических основ подобных исследований. ...
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Libman A., Kozlov V. A., Schultz A., Kyklos 2012 Vol. 65 No. 4 P. 526–562
The paper investigates the influence of an outside option, i.e. the opportunity to continue one’s career outside the territory currently controlled, on the predatory behavior of the autocrats. Using the data on effectiveness of tax collection and repressiveness of tax jurisprudence in Russian regions in 2007-2009 it demonstrates that regions ruled by governors with larger ...
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Remington T. F., Soboleva I. V., Sobolev A. S. et al., Europe-Asia Studies 2013 Vol. 65 No. 10 P. 1855–1876
Through case studies of four Russian regions, we examine the trade-offs between social and economic policy at the regional level. All four regions studied seek to stimulate entrepreneurship while preserving or expanding social welfare coverage. Regions differ in development strategies, some placing greater emphasis on indigenous business development and others seeking to attract outside investment. ...
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