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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Political Science</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Political Science</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Политология</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-1438</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2313-1446</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">32823</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-1438-2022-24-4-711-731</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>RUSSIAN POLITICS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AND FROM WEST TO EAST</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>РОССИЙСКАЯ ПОЛИТИКА С СЕВЕРА НА ЮГ И С ЗАПАДА НА ВОСТОК</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Managing an “Unfinished Project”: Analyzing the Elites of Perm Krai Through the Lens of Expert Opinion</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Управление «незаконченным проектом»: элиты Пермского края в зеркале экспертного мнения</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9416-5898</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Kazarinova</surname><given-names>Daria B.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Казаринова</surname><given-names>Дарья Борисовна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor of the Department of Comparative Politics</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>кандидат политических наук, доцент кафедры сравнительной политологии</p></bio><email>kazarinova-db@rudn.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Российский университет дружбы народов</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2022-12-07" publication-format="electronic"><day>07</day><month>12</month><year>2022</year></pub-date><volume>24</volume><issue>4</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">Politics in Russian Regions</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">Политика в регионах России</issue-title><fpage>711</fpage><lpage>731</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2022-12-06"><day>06</day><month>12</month><year>2022</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2022, Kazarinova D.B.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2022, Казаринова Д.Б.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2022</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Kazarinova D.B.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Казаринова Д.Б.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/political-science/article/view/32823">https://journals.rudn.ru/political-science/article/view/32823</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p style="text-align: justify;">Perm Krai and the socio-political processes taking place in it are in many ways typical of Russia, and therefore of interest to a wide audience of researchers and political analysts. Based on the theoretical constructions of international elites studies and the Perm School of Political Science and elitology, we study the political and business elites of the region, their political behavior, aspects of identity, as well as the most politically sensitive topics in the life of the region. Relying primarily on the literature analysis and subsequent own semi-standardized in-depth interviews (N10) with representatives of regional elites - the following results were obtained. The identity of the elites and everymen in Perm region is somewhat vague, associated with the neutral notion of geographical region of the Kama region. Liberalism in the economic sphere and a relatively stable inter-elite consensus in the political sphere, based on technocracy, are characteristic of the region’s policy for some decades. The region is characterized by a low socio-political dynamics compared to the benchmark regions of the Urals and Siberia, due to lack of regionally oriented elites and businesses and the predominance of various kinds of “Varangians” in the political class. The socio-political and cultural landscape of the region (the Perm Cultural Project) becomes a starting place and a source of supplies for the elites, receiving back very little. Thus, the region remains a promising project that cannot be realized in any way.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p style="text-align: justify;">Пермский край и социально-политические процессы, происходящие в нем, во многом типичны для России, а потому представляют интерес для широкой аудитории исследователей и политических аналитиков. Отталкиваясь от теоретических построений международного уровня в области исследований элит и пермской школы политологии и элитологии, мы изучаем политические и бизнес-элиты региона, их политическое поведение, аспекты идентичности, а также наиболее политически чувствительные темы в жизни края. С помощью анализа литературы и последующего качественного исследования - серии полустандартизированных глубинных интервью (N10), проведенных автором с представителями региональных элит, - были получены следующие результаты. Идентичность пермяков носит несколько размытый характер, ассоциируясь с нейтральным понятием географического региона Прикамья. Либерализм в экономической сфере и относительно устойчивый межэлитный консенсус в политической сфере с опорой на технократизм характерен для политики региона, отличающейся преемственностью. Для региона характерна невысокая, относительно регионов бенчмарков Урала и Сибири, социально-политическая динамика, связанная с фактическим отсутствием регионально-ориентрованных элит и бизнесов и преобладание разного рода «варягов» в политическом классе региона. Социально-политическое и культурное пространство региона (пермский культурный проект) предстают как стартовая площадка и источник ресурсов для элит, но не получают обратных вложений. Регион при этом остается в статусе многообещающего проекта, который никак не может реализоваться.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Perm Krai</kwd><kwd>Kama region</kwd><kwd>Urals</kwd><kwd>elites</kwd><kwd>Perm Cultural Project</kwd><kwd>regional identity</kwd><kwd>regional political culture</kwd><kwd>the problem of Varangians</kwd><kwd>Gazprom</kwd><kwd>Lukoil</kwd><kwd>Uralkali</kwd><kwd>Trutnev</kwd><kwd>Reshetnikov</kwd><kwd>Makhonin</kwd><kwd>Kuzyaev</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Пермский край</kwd><kwd>Прикамье</kwd><kwd>Приуралье</kwd><kwd>элиты</kwd><kwd>пермский культурный проект</kwd><kwd>региональная идентичность</kwd><kwd>региональная политическая культура</kwd><kwd>проблема варягов</kwd><kwd>Газпром</kwd><kwd>Лукойл</kwd><kwd>Уралкалий</kwd><kwd>Трутнев</kwd><kwd>Решетников</kwd><kwd>Махонин</kwd><kwd>Кузяев</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><award-group><funding-source><institution-wrap><institution xml:lang="ru">Статья подготовлена в рамках проекта ЭИСИ и Минобрнауки РФ № FSSF2022-0040 «Российская идентичность: политические смыслы и индикаторы ценностной консолидации».</institution></institution-wrap><institution-wrap><institution xml:lang="en">The article was prepared as part of the Social Research Expert Institute (EISI) and Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation project № FSSF-2022-0040 «Russian Identity: Political Meanings and Indicators of Value Consolidation»</institution></institution-wrap></funding-source></award-group></funding-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Avdokushin, E., Ponedelkov, A., &amp; Vorontsov, S. 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