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Posted inEastern Europe & RussiaRegions

Federalism from Above

by Irina Busygina Federalism is widely seen as one of Russia’s most successful reforms. Beginning with the Federation Treaty in 1992 and continuing with the 1993 constitution, a three-tired structure was created –republics; krais and major cities; autonomous okrugs and oblasts–with complicated and often contradictory mechanisms for sharing power among them. Yet serious tensions remain. […]