Who is better at fixing roads?
Margarita Zavadskaya on local governance models and the quality of public goods
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Reforms and their substitutes
Vladimir Gel’man on chances for improving the quality of the Russian state
Do Digital Technologies Serve People or Autocrats?
Gulnaz Sharafutdinova reports on how Russia’s authorities are investing heavily into a ‘smart city’ agenda which could enable a slice of better governance
Foolproofing Putinism
Fabian Burkhardt on why Mikhail Mishustin might be one of the most ambitious Prime Ministers in recent Russian history
Bad or better governance in Russia’s regions: Do governors deserve the blame?
Aleksei Sorbale on criteria for assessing the performance of Russian governors
It’s hard to be a mayor
Margarita Zavadskaya explains why Russia’s municipalities are so poorly governed, and why a handful of areas are exceptions to that rule
Putin’s six tasks
Ben Noble looks at the six objectives underpinning the Russian president’s fresh push for social reform and constitutional change