No. 110: Presidential Elections

Author(s): Stephen White, Robert Orttung, Alexander Kynev
Editor(s): Stephen Aris, Aglaya Snetkov, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 110
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute of History, University of Basel
Publication Year: 2012

This edition examines the recent Russian Presidential election. The first article analyzes the process and results of the election and considers the implications for the Russian political system in the years ahead. The second article assesses the nature of the Putin regime and how it will approach the next six years in light of the changed political context, and what this may mean for Russia. The third article examines the practice of elections in Russia, and assesses how and where manipulation of the process occurs. In addition, the editions contains a full statistical analysis of the election, the preliminary statement by the electoral monitoring group GOLOS on the conduct of the election, and a range of opinion poll data relating to the election.

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