the view of the main forms of the influence of the Presidential Executive Office of Russia on regions and local authorities in the mid-1990s is presented in the article: the mechanism of appointment of regional rulers, the ways of control of electoral processes, role of presidential representatives in regions, the formation of unified political and law regime in the federation, the financial and economic leverages of influence on regions and the forms of direct invasions of federal center in regional politics are observed. The conclusion about attempts of the Executive Office to control regional politics in interest of federal authorities is made.
Alexander V. Maiorov (Wed,) studied this question.