Russia’s regions as winners and losers: political motives and outcomes in the distribution of federal government transfersFootnote^*

* This paper is a research output of the project implemented within NRU HSE’s Annual Thematic Plan for Basic and Applied Research ( “Regionalization of Russia’s Political Space: The Origins, Magnitude, and Evolution” research project).

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