Tandemocracy in Today's Russia

Autor(en): Andrei Ryabov
Herausgeber: Jeronim Perovic, Robert Orttung, Matthias Neumann, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder
Serie: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Ausgabe: 49
Seiten: 2-6
Verlag(e): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen
Publikationsjahr: 2008

Tandemocracy is the best term to describe the evolving relationship between President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Putin and his close allies decided that he should remain in power even if he did not want to change the constitution to give himself a third term as president. Accordingly, Putin chose to take the position of prime minister and selected Medvedev as the next president. The transition was carried out on the basis of informal agreements that preserve the personalistic nature of the regime established under Putin. These arrangements continue to undermine formal institutions in Russia. Within the tandem Putin remains by far the most powerful player. Currently, the two leaders are cooperating, but observers question whether this cooperation will eventually turn into competition. The global economic crisis makes relations more complicated than they have been until now.

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