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The desire to "reform" the administration was one of the main leitmotifs of Soviet, & now Russian politics since Perestroika, but implementation did not begin until 2000. This article first offers an analysis of the context in which the administrative reform picked up speed, underlining the convergence of expectations voiced by Russian political leaders, international organizations, entrepreneurial circles & "public opinion." It then shows how implementation of the measures decided in the 2000s led to shaping a particular administrative system that blends borrowed elements & legacies. An analysis of this hybridization process shows that, contrary to popular belief, "modern" international guidelines & local legacies, presented as cumbersome archaisms, are not necessarily at odds but complement & even reinforce one another. Our argument draws on both official documents & research conducted in Russia in this field as well as data collected during interviews with civil servants of various ranks in several regions of the Ural. Adapted from the source document.

The legal status of instructions from the Russian Federation's president is not precise; in fact, Russian legal experts and the literature consider it to be "nonexistent". Nonetheless, President Eltsine gave instructions for granting sizeable funds; and the nonexecution of these instructions may have motivated the resignation of major Federal government employees. For the Russian executive, such an instruction is a pure manifestation, extralegal but with binding force, of the head of state's decision-making power. The legal status of presidential instructions is studied herein, as well as the perception and interpretation of them by branches of the executive. The significance of these instructions in the constitutional and political context of presidential power in contemporary Russia is examined.