以任命取代选举产生区域省长，实行政党排名制投票措施、抬高党派进入杜马的选举门槛，以及废止最低投票率的相关规定 — — 所有这些伴随着对选举和公众媒体的疯狂操纵 — — 形成了一套无视社会反馈的政治系统。
The decisions to appoint, rather than elect, regional governors, to introduce party-list voting, to raise the electoral threshold for parties to enter the Duma, and to repeal the minimum-turnout requirement – all accompanied by rampant manipulation of elections and the mass media – created a political system closed to feedback from society.