Bulletin n. 1/2008 | ||
May 2008 | ||
Gazier Anne |
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Le président de la Fédération de Russie et l’instauration d’une « verticale exécutive » | ||
in Revue d'études comparatives Est-Ouest , vol. 39, n. 2, juillet , 2008 , 73-92 | ||
Two barely compatible principles, laid down in the 1993 constitution, regulate relations between the president of Russia and the heads of regions: the unity of state power, on the one hand, and, on the other, the autonomy of regions. Since Vladimir Putin came to power, a centralizing policy has tended to set up a “vertical executive” power between the president and heads of regions. This policy’s various aspects – changes in the status of regional leaders that have reinforced the president’s power over them, increased presidential controls over regional activities – are examined. What remains of the principle of autonomy, the pillar of any federal system? | ||