Myfhs of Regional Policy: Siberian Separatism
Vladimir Shmat
Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk
Keywords: Siberia, Far East, region, socio-economic development, separatism, regional separatism, federalism, integration
Subsection: Regional Policy and Economic Issues of Federalism
Abstract
The paper states the fact that the Federal Center is attempting to frame bonds with regions into vertical power structure. The bureaucratic politics model and the monopolized Russian business lead to actual limitation of competence and reduction of the financial base of regional self-development, as well as cast doubt on the fundamental principles of federalism. First and foremost, this situation infringes upon interests of Siberia and Far East, but in the end it contradicts with nationwide Russian ones. The Center may be concerned with a fictitious threat of «Siberian separatism» which has a long history. Still, nowadays, for Russia to retain eastern territories it does not need an administrative resource but an actual economic integration and reindustrialization of Siberia. It is only economically developed Siberia that is able to «increase Russia's might».
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