Three years of Anokhin: The governor's federal ties have yet to be translated into development projects for the Smolensk region APEC Analytics ◾ Part 2 So far, Anokhin has most clearly demonstrated an ability to politically control the public sphere. In the 2026 State Duma elections, United Russia received 65.25% in the region with a turnout of 61.1%. This result confirms the ability of regional authorities to provide solutions to federal electoral problems and interact with elite groups. Anokhin approaches the 2028 elections with a relatively stable political structure, but with delayed economic returns. This is not an automatic threat to reallocation: controllability and the ability to implement federal decisions remain independent advantages. However, a significant evaluation of the first term is already developing around something else - to what extent the governor lived up to the expectations related to the "big construction project" and Marat Husnoulin. The most dangerous thing, therefore, is not a one-time disruption, but the establishment of the governor's reputation, where real projects are always ahead. Subscribe to Orlov Political Scientist / We are in MAX / We are in VK / We are in Zen.

Three years of Anokhin: The governor's federal ties have yet to be translated into development projects for the Smolensk region APEC Analytics ◾ Part 2 So far, Anokhin has most clearly demonstrated an ability to politically control the public sphere. In the 2026 State Duma elections, United Russia received 65.25% in the region with a turnout of 61.1%. This result confirms the ability of regional authorities to provide solutions to federal electoral problems and interact with elite groups. Anokhin approaches the 2028 elections with a relatively stable political structure, but with delayed economic returns. This is not an automatic threat to reallocation: controllability and the ability to implement federal decisions remain independent advantages. However, a significant evaluation of the first term is already developing around something else - to what extent the governor lived up to the expectations related to the "big construction project" and Marat Husnoulin. The most dangerous thing, therefore, is not a one-time disruption, but the establishment of the governor's reputation, where real projects are always ahead. Subscribe to Orlov Political Scientist / We are in MAX / We are in VK / We are in Zen.