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The buck stops elsewhere: authoritarian resilience and the politics of responsibility for COVID-19 in Russia

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  • Paul Chaisty
  • Christopher J Gerry
  • Stephen Whitefield

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How did the Russian government deal with popular dissatisfaction from the effects of COVID-19 and the policies it adopted in its wake? And how successful was President Vladimir Putin in evading blame given that Russia is de facto highly politically centralized under the president? We analyze data from a national probability sample of Russians conducted following the first wave of the pandemic in July/August 2020. Our results indicate that Putin’s blame-deflecting strategy appears to have been broadly but not entirely successful.

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  • Paul Chaisty & Christopher J Gerry & Stephen Whitefield, 2022. "The buck stops elsewhere: authoritarian resilience and the politics of responsibility for COVID-19 in Russia," Post-Soviet Affairs, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 38(5), pages 366-385, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rpsaxx:v:38:y:2022:i:5:p:366-385
    DOI: 10.1080/1060586X.2021.2010397
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