Tested tactics

The previously announced change of governors continues. The former Deputy Minister of Construction and Housing and Public Utilities Andrei Chibis, the temporarily acting head of the Murmansk region, instead of the resignation of Marina Kovtun. Instead of the governor of the Orenburg region, Yuri Berg was appointed Denis Pasler. The acting head of Kalmykia instead of the authority of Alexei Orlov, a multiple world champion in kickboxing among professionals Batu Khasikov, became the acting. Oleg Khorokhordinwas appointed to the place of the Governor of the Republic of Altai Alexander Berdnikov. Alexei Tessler, appointed Acting of the Chelyabinsk region instead of the authority of Boris Dubrovsky, has already announced his plans to participate in the September elections of the governor. “I plan to earn the trust of Chelyabinsk residents and calmly go to the polls. Here are the immediate plans, ”he told reporters.

The doctor of geographical sciences, director of regional programs of the Independent Institute of Social Policy, Natalya Vasilievna Zubarevich, shared his opinion on the permutations in the Governor's Corps with Polit.ru.

This is not the first series, which indicates the stability of the chosen replacement practice. Replacements are not based on socio-economic criteria, they are strictly based on the ratings of governors in their region and on the assessment of elite conflicts. Therefore, these replacements have nothing to do with the economy, and even to the budget. We saw that replacements occurred in various regions: in two underdeveloped republics, and Kalmykia also has large debts, and in medium -developed regions. These replacements are not about the economy. Other indicators are used there.

Will the chosen practice be successful? If you remember when it was used for the first time, everyone was chosen. There were no punctures. It was 2017. In 2018, there were already four punctures, but, however, three of them occurred in the regions where they left the old governor. And the fourth is when the population of the Primorsky Territory did not elect a newly appointed person.

If we talk about the arithmetic trend, there are some risks that in September 2019 the trend may continue. But no one can guarantee this. In general, the chosen version of the replacement of governors is technocratic, it is aimed to change the faces. And old sins, old discontent, as it were, left with the old governors. But now the background of all this is imposed on the general discontent of the population with the entire situation, and not just the governors. Therefore, there is a risk that newly appointed persons may be extreme.

Due to the fact that general discontent is growing, practice began to be applied wider. They try not to leave governors with a low rating, but replace ahead of time with new faces. But whether this replacement for new faces will help with a safe election, I am not ready to evaluate. Six months ahead, our country is sudden, we'll see. This tactic has shown itself quite successfully, although it carries certain risks. At the time of appointment, controllability, of course, is reduced, and turbulence increases, but another six months ahead. This medal has two sides, and what will be the final balance of pluses and minuses, now no one can say.