Tatiana Tkacheva

Post-Soviet Protests, Politics, and Premature Dismissals of Russia's Regional Governors

August 18th, 2023  |  Season 5  |  33 mins 6 secs

elections, politics, protest, russia, war

On this episode, Lera and Cullan chat with Tatiana Tkacheva, a research fellow at the Higher School of Economics in St. Petersburg, about authoritarianism in Russia and the strategies of the autocrat in dealing with regional governors. In her paper, she and her co-authors attempt to answer this question by using the example of premature withdrawals and dismissals of Russia’s regional governors from office. Tatiana also talks about her previous publications about the United Russia (UR) party and their declining popularity in Russia. Thanks for listening!