If the central provinces are taken as typical, the neo - populist case is persuasive; if, on the other hand, the outlying provinces are regarded as blazing a trail which central Russia would follow, it falls to the ground.
If the central provinces are taken as typical, the neo - populist case is persuasive; if, on the other hand, the outlying provinces are regarded as breaking new ground which central Russia would follow, it falls to the ground.