Changes in the powers of the Heads of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation in 2020

Abstract

This paper examines changes in the powers and functions of the institute of Heads of constituent entities after 2020, namely in the context of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, as well as the structure of federal-regional relations. Legal acts and other documents that enshrine, approve or change the powers of the Heads of constituent entities are considered. During this period, the heads of constituent entities received a fairly wide range of powers and independence to implement policies in the regions. Regions began to independently introduce self-isolation regimes, provide support measures to the population, introduce mask regimes, vaccination of the population, QR codes. A feature of the expansion of powers was not only the independence of the region, but the fact that the federal center initially developed only an approximate political course, and after the effective actions of the heads of regions, introduced these measures as nationwide.