Galindabaeva V. Why do leopards dislike stray dogs? Large sports events, engines of growth and neo-patrimonial practices in Russia. Connexe: Les espaces postcommunistes en question(s), 2016, Dossier 2, Sotchi 2014: La Russie à l’épreuve de ses Jeux, les Jeux à l’épreuve du Caucase, pp. 81 – 102.

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This article focuses on the context of the elaboration and the implementation of public policy in view of large sports events in Russia. This subject is analysed through the specific prism of the implementation of stray dogs’ eradication policies in Kazan and Sochi before the 2013 Universiade and the 2014 Winter Olympic Games respectively. The article underlines subtle interactions between local actors, as well as neopatrimonial logics that characterise public policies of urban renewal. This brings the author to develop a “engine of neo-patrimonial growth” model, specific to the post- Soviet context. This article focuses on the context of the elaboration and the implementation of publicpolicy in view of large sports events in Russia. This subject is analysed through thespecific prism of the implementation of stray dogs’ eradication policies in Kazan andSochi before the 2013 Universiade and the 2014 Winter Olympic Games respectively.The article underlines subtle interactions between local actors, as well as neopatrimoniallogics that characterise public policies of urban renewal. This brings theauthor to develop a “engine of neo-patrimonial growth” model, specific to the post-Soviet context.

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