governance
Bad or better governance in Russia’s regions: Do governors deserve the blame?
Aleksei Sorbale on criteria for assessing the performance of Russian governors
It’s hard to be a mayor
Margarita Zavadskaya explains why Russia’s municipalities are so poorly governed, and why a handful of areas are exceptions to that rule
Putin’s six tasks
Ben Noble looks at the six objectives underpinning the Russian president’s fresh push for social reform and constitutional change