Russia's governors seem set up to fail on COVID-19

The Kremlin is reluctant to take ownership of the crisis and risks being overtaken by events if regions cannot cope

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  • Regionalising the response
  • Centralised scrutiny
  • Limited powers
  • Moscow and the rest

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