In the second half of 2024 and the first half of 2025, the Kremlin turned its attention back to regional policy after a pause taken during 2022–2023. The pace and nature of personnel rotations suggest that new approaches may prove even harsher than before. This is evidenced by near blanket 'purges' of the administrative elite in several regions where governors were replaced. In a recently published article on Re:Russia, entitled ‘Regional elites in the era of the ‘Special Military Opera...
