Asymmetrical federalism refers to
a. a situation that developed in the 1990s in Russia where some subnational governments had greater or lesser power than others.
b. the constitutional provision that allows the central government to replace governing institutions of subnational governments.
c. the principle that federal law takes precedence over regional law in Russia.
d. the constitutional provision that allows the federal legislature to overturn regional laws.
e. the idea that political power in Russia rests at the subnational level.
a
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