study of regional political opposition in Post-Soviet Russia

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This paper is to offer a study of regional political opposition in Post-Soviet Russia as a specific phenomenon that contradicts the practices of existing political regime and differs from opposition on the national level. Russian regional opposition is considered in the context of heterogeneity of political process at the federal and sub-national levels. Russian regional opposition is a phenomenon that relevant rather to democratic than to hybrid political regime. The article analyzes the methods used by the authorities to limit the abilities of regional opposition. Due to the institutional arrangements, the opportunities of provincial opposition are restricted at all levels. Federal political parties serve as a means for suppression of regional opposition.

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