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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" 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" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">politscience</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">Политическая наука</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Political science</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">1998-1775</issn><publisher><publisher-name>ИНИОН РАН</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.31249/poln/2025.03.13</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">politscience-1211</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ПЕРВАЯ СТЕПЕНЬ</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Особенности сетевой конфигурации региональной политической элиты в процессе интеграции новых субъектов Российской Федерации (на примере ДНР и Херсонской области)</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Network configuration of the political elite in the integration of Russia’s new regions: the cases of Donetsk People’s Republic and Kherson oblast</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Федосейкин</surname><given-names>Д. И.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Fedoseikin</surname><given-names>D. I.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Федосейкин Дмитрий Игоревич, аспирант департамента политики и управленияМосква</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Fedoseikin Dmitrii</p><p>Moscow</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">dimafedosikin@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Национальный исследовательский университет «Высшая школа экономики»</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>HSE University</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2025</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>15</day><month>09</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>0</volume><issue>3</issue><issue-title>Многоуровневая политика и политико-территориальная гетерогенность</issue-title><fpage>299</fpage><lpage>320</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Федосейкин Д.И., 2025</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Федосейкин Д.И.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Fedoseikin D.I.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://www.politnauka.ru/jour/article/view/1211">https://www.politnauka.ru/jour/article/view/1211</self-uri><abstract><p>     В 2022 г. Донецкая и Луганская народные республики, Херсонская и Запорожская области вошли в состав Российской Федерации, что запустило масштабные процессы их политической, административной и экономической интеграции. Одной из ключевых задач является включение региональных политических элит этих регионов в многоуровневую систему управления России. В связи с этим в статье анализируется сетевая конфигурация региональной политической элиты новых субъектов РФ в контексте их интеграции в федеральную систему управления.     На примере исследования региональных политических элит новых субъектов Российской Федерации – Донецкой Народной Республики, Херсонской области – анализируется степень интеграции региональных элит в федеральные патрональные сети. Отмечается роль института шефства, использующегося в качестве особого механизма интеграции новых субъектов в рамках их вхождения в российскую многоуровневую систему управления.     На основе анализа сетей политических связей губернаторов рассматривается вопрос об особенностях сетевого политического управления регионами. Результаты сетевого моделирования демонстрируют значимые различия как во внутрирегиональных сетях главы ДНР и губернатора Херсонской области, так и их связей с представителями федеральной элиты и другими регионами. Полученные результаты позволяют сделать вывод о различных приоритетах интеграции новых регионов: в Херсонской области преобладает политическая интеграция, тогда как в ДНР акцент сделан на экономическом восстановлении и инфраструктурном развитии.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>     In 2022, the Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics, as well as the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, became part of the Russian Federation, initiating large-scale processes of their political, administrative, and economic integration. One of the key tasks is the incorporation of the regional political elites of these territories into Russia's multi-level governance system. In this context, the article analyzes the network configuration of the regional political elite of the new federal subjects of the Russian Federation in terms of their integration into the federal system of governance.     Using the cases of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Kherson region, the study examines the degree of integration of regional elites into federal patronal networks. The article highlights the role of the “curatorship” (‘shefstvo’) institution, which functions as a specific mechanism for integrating new regions into Russia's multi-level system of governance.     Based on an analysis of the political networks of the governors, the article explores the features of network-based political governance in the regions. The results of network modeling reveal significant differences both within the intra-regional networks of the head of the DPR and the governor of the Kherson region, and in their connections with federal elites and other regions. These findings suggest divergent priorities in the integration of new regions: while the Kherson region demonstrates a focus on political integration, the DPR emphasizes economic recovery and infrastructure development.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>патрональная политика</kwd><kwd>региональные элиты</kwd><kwd>сетевой анализ</kwd><kwd>сетевое политическое управление</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>patronal politics</kwd><kwd>subnational elites</kwd><kwd>social network analysis</kwd><kwd>political network governance</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Баландин Ю.А. Патрональная политика и ротация губернаторского корпуса в современной России: факторы отставок и переназначений (2005–2021): дис. … канд. пол. наук. – М., 2024. – 194 с.</mixed-citation><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Balandin Yu. A. 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