Features of regional parliamentarism in the modern Russian hybrid political regime

Based on the concepts of hybrid regimes and electoral authoritarianism, the paper defines the features of regional parliamentarism in the modern Russian hybrid political regime. It is concluded that the hybrid nature of the Russian political regime with a predominant authoritarian component has a significant restraining effect on the practice of regional parliamentarism. At the same time, the very fact of the nominal existence of regional parliamentarism in Russia is indicative of the presence of hidden democratic opportunities in the Russian political system. The author suggests a model of analysis of features of formation and evolution of regional parliamentarism. The main elements of this model are political institutions (political parties, with the leading role of the “United Russia”, the Parliament, as well as formal and informal rules of interaction), political culture (and attitudes of the political elite), the nature and direction of actual actions of political parties (in comparison with the functions stated in their сharters), and groups of the political elite that implement their own strategies through political parties.