Loyal technocrats preferred in Russian regional polls
Few surprises as interim appointees are lined up to win a series of regional governor posts
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- Regional polls' limited impact
- Changing view of governors
- Accountability
- Rise of the technocrats
- United Russia sidelined
- Filtering out undesirables
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_350.jpg "President Vladimir Putin addresses regional governors and other members of the Federal Assembly (Reuters/Sergei Karpukhin)")