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The Analysis of the Technological Platforms for E-Participation in Transition Economies of Ukraine and Russia

Transition economies traditionally lag behind in the adoption of e-Government technologies. Still as of 2016 many of them have already developed Internet-based services for citizen participation in government processes. This paper provides a review of the digital platforms for electronic petitions in two transition economies: Ukraine and Russia, discussing common and differing trends compared to the similar platforms of the Western democracies. Authors collected information about all active e-petitioning services in the two countries and looked into both functional and technical characteristics of the online services. E-petition platforms in the two countries have developed differently: Russia chose to create centrally-managed petition website addressing issues on all levels, while in Ukraine there exist a variety of different services and several competing platforms for municipal petitions. With few exceptions, e-petition services in the two countries have yet not become an effective tool for citizen influence on the national and local authorities. The activity on the local and regional levels remains low both in Ukraine and Russia.