But, starting in 2005-2006, the authorities implemented measures that made responsiveness to acute problems practically impossible. 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.
但从2005－2006年度开始，政府措施几乎杜绝了迅速解决尖锐问题的可能性。 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。 在这种情况下，政治精英变得固执己见，只顾及自身的狭隘利益也就成了自然而然的事情。