Political Factors of Party (De-)Mobilization in Contemporary Russia: A Case of the Communist Party

• In Event: Autocratic Regime Survival

Brief Overview

Drawing upon a unique dataset on distribution of leadership positions in Russian sub-national legislatures and protests organized by CPRF, we show how an access to policy-making could mitigate protest activity of systemic opposition.

Authors

• Daniil Romanov, National Research University Higher School of Economics

• Egor Fain, Central European University