Russian Mayors Embattled

Author(s): Joel Moses
Editor(s): Stephen Aris, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder, Aglaya Snetkov
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 139
Pages: 12-15
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University
Publication Year: 2013

Russian mayors have become extremely vulnerable and embattled politicians throughout Russia over the past decade due to the pressure from appointed regional governors and the institution of a dual chief-executive city manager form of government in many jurisdictions. The governability of Russian cities as a whole has suffered with uncertainty about the long-term political effects.

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