Nikolay Petrov

Former  Scholar-in-Residence
Society and Regions Program
Moscow Center
Nikolay Petrov was the chair of the Carnegie Moscow Center’s Society and Regions Program. Until 2006, he also worked at the Institute of Geography at the Russian Academy of Sciences, where he started to work in 1982.
Languages
  • English
  • Russian
Contact Information

Latest Analysis

    • Commentary

    All Power to the Regions

    • October 05, 2010
    • The Moscow Times

    The series of United Russia interregional conferences are clearly part of a larger election campaign and will likely be used to help hasten early State Duma elections.

    • Commentary

    The End of a Political Era

    • September 30, 2010
    • The Moscow Times

    The dismissal of Moscow Mayor Luzhkov marks the end of a political era and may well be the last sharply competitive political struggle between rival camps under the ruling tandem.

    • Commentary

    Exit Luzhkov

    The dismissal of Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and the surrounding public speculation provide a glimpse inside Russia’s political system, its organization, and the people who inhabit it.

    • Commentary

    The End Is Near for Luzhkov

    • September 20, 2010
    • The Moscow Times

    The recent controversy surrounding Moscow’s Mayor Luzhkov underscores how the current leadership is unable to build a consensus or reach a compromise among the leading business groups and has dealt a heavy blow to the mayor's legitimacy.

    • Commentary

    Military Caps Replaced by Plain Old Hats

    • September 10, 2010
    • The Moscow Times

    While previous presidential envoys were typically former military officers, recent appointees, like the new envoy to the Siberian Federal District, are professional economists, demonstrating Moscow’s awareness of the need to develop regional economies.

    • Commentary

    A Messy Playing Field for United Russia

    • September 07, 2010
    • The Moscow Times

    Current economic, social and political conditions are more likely to push Russian voters toward opposition candidates than United Russia’s candidates, with potentially significant ramifications for the ruling party.

    • Commentary

    Putin's Perestroika Experiment in Kaliningrad

    • August 24, 2010
    • The Moscow Times

    The Kremlin’s decision not to nominate Kaliningrad Governor Georgy Boos to serve a second term was a response to large scale popular demonstrations and the complaints of the opposition.

    • Commentary

    Living From Fire to Fire

    • August 10, 2010
    • The Moscow Times

    The inadequate response to Russia's forest fires illustrates Moscow’s inability to respond to large scale disasters and how Russia’s vertical power structure undermines the ability of local authorities to respond to crises.

    • Commentary

    A Modern Russia of Dust and Dead Flies

    • July 27, 2010
    • The Moscow Times

    While the Kremlin’s new ModernRussia web site is intended to provide a platform for news and feedback on investment opportunities in Russia, it is ultimately more about public relations than actually attracting investors.

    • Commentary

    The End of the Rakhimov Era

    • July 19, 2010
    • The Moscow Times

    The departure of governors like Bashkortostan President Rakhimov is the result of a Kremlin operation which is replacing a generation of heavyweights by lesser-known officials with no interest in public politics. The Kremlin’s candidate to replace Rakhimov as president is Rustem Khamitov, a former Bashkortostan minister and chief federal inspector who then left the republic.

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