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 | | “Shantsev is a fully formed political personality who came of age in Moscow, so it’s not surprising that he draws on his prior administrative experience,” said Alexander Prudnik, a senior researcher at the Nizhny Novgorod branch of the Institute of Sociology. |
 | | According to Prudnik, the regional elites are reacting in different ways. |
 | | Members of the political elite, on the other hand, have acknowledged that the governor constitutes the new power center in the region, offsetting the influence of Sergei Kiriyenko, the president’s special envoy to the Volga Federal District. |
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