Content №3 от 2013

The Russian Federative Relations, Regional Policy, and Deformed Economic Space

The paper considers how notions and criteria of federalism correlate with decentralization of powers and resources, as well as how quality of federative institutions correlates with regional policies. Our analysis of the recent regulatory documents concerning problems of the Russian federalism and regional policy shows that practical solutions proved to be inconsistent with the diagnosed regional problems. Moreover, decentralization of resources under these conditions will enhance the role the federal authorities play in making decisions rather than will bring higher effectiveness of the regional policies.

Klistorin V. I. klistorin@mail.ru

Keywords: federalism unitary state federalism regional policy unitary state decentralization of powers