[lbo-talk] Putin appointing the governors

[Chris Doss]

God knows. Governors in Russia are popularly elected
in name, but in fact they are (very often, not always)
appointed by local mafia groups or are mafiosi
themselves. Theoretically, making them susceptible to
being fired by the Kremlin will make them less likely
to engage in local corruption that goes against the
Kremlin's perceived interests. That's probably how the
Kremlin sees it -- Putin seems obsessed with the idea
that the federation is going to fall apart due to
corruption, which is what this centralization drive is
all about. But then governors were appointed in the
Soviet era, and there was a lot of corruption then too
(a lot less than now, though). We'll see.

--- Michael Perelman <michael at ecst.csuchico.edu>
wrote:


> Will the new governors be any better?
> -- 
> Michael Perelman
> Economics Department
> California State University
> Chico, CA 95929
> 
> Tel. 530-898-5321
> E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
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