The Appointment of a New President in Adygeya and Trends in Relations Between the President and the Regions

Author(s): Oleg Tsvetkov
Editor(s): Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 16
Pages: 7-9
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen
Publication Year: 2007

The Kremlin's appointment of Aslancherii Tkhakushinov as the new president of Adygeya is unprecedented since the new leader won only 2 percent of the vote in the region's last presidential elections in 2002. The appointment shows that Moscow is much more concerned with naming a dependent, manageable regional leader than one who represents the will of regional society. The result could be damaging for Russia since now the bureaucratic class is taking power far beyond the control of civil oversight.

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