A region with special needs. The Russian Far East in Moscow’s policy. OSW Studies 65 June 2017

Kardaś, Szymon (2017) A region with special needs. The Russian Far East in Moscow’s policy. OSW Studies 65 June 2017. UNSPECIFIED.

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Abstract

Although in the 1990s the Russian Far East was not an important region in Russian central government’s internal policy, when Vladimir Putin assumed the presidency it was declared strategically significant. However, Moscow has been unable to generate a tangible stimulus to the region’s development so far. This is partly due to the systemic problems existing in Russia as a whole: the lack of a consistent concept of economic development and the ineffective governance system, and on the other hand, of purely local barriers: staffing problems, the decentralised energy system and the limited engagement of foreign investors.

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