Why Russia Holds Elections, and How the Kremlin Gets the Results It Wants
Ivan Nechepurenko: Russian elections like the parliamentary vote that begins today are hardly free. But they are critical to the government as a source of legitimacy.
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In a recent article in World Politics, we examine 389 elections in 259 dictatorships. We found that elections can actually prolong dictatorships in the longer term. But we also found that holding elections is very risky for dictators in the shorter term.
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