Causes for Resignations and Arrests of Governors in Russian Regions (2012-2018)

Student: Radionova Anna

Supervisor: Ivan Grigoriev

Faculty: Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences

Educational Programme: Political Science and World Politics (Bachelor)

Year of Graduation: 2020

This work presents the study of causal mechanisms and factors that influence the decision-making process on the resignation or arrest of governors in Russia. Much attention is paid to identifying informal "rules of the game" within which patron-client relations are built between the central authorities and regional leaders within the vertical of power, as well as between representatives of various groups of influence in the country. The main task is to find out under what conditions the rotation of regional leaders and counter-elite repression against them happen. To achieve this goal, a qualitative comparative analysis of a sample of governors with different outcomes after retirement was conducted, as well as a more detailed analysis of cases that required additional significant indicators to explain.

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