... in several months of significant dips in freight shipping via Russian ports and roads, traffic has begun to rebound rapidly. However, its unique feature is that the transportation infrastructure of Russia’s eastern part—notably, the ports of the Far East and Russian Railways’ “eastern range” (the Trans-Siberian railway and the Baikal-Amur Railway)—now account for a significant chunk of freight carriage. Currently, this infrastructure is operating at 100% of its capacity, which means it cannot meet ...
In the past few years foreign policies of both Russia and the United States have largely shifted towards the East, with China becoming vital partner for both countries. Still, the economic potential of the Russian Far East remains underestimated. Is Russia interested in China’s role intensifying in this part of the country and what are the US interests at this point? Yury Kulintsev shares his thoughts on the topic, providing a review of “
Russia’s Far East....
... to create a third, Siberian-Far Eastern, capital. There is a need for gradual tax decentralization (the adoption of a new format for financing the Siberia and Far East Development Fund is only the first step that has to be followed by many others). Russia should also promote the Far Eastern agenda at regional integration forums and play a more active role in Asian financial mechanisms such as the Asian Development Bank or the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.
Finally, there is a need for a new development concept not only ...
... Archeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the RAS Far East Department. The conference was also attended by representatives of Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, University of Washington, and Hankuk University of Foreign Studies.
The development of the Far East became an integral part of Russian political and expert debate long ago. The first federal target program on the Far East development was elaborated back in 1996. Currently, apart from the corresponding legal acts, there is a special ministry working on this issue. In 2013, the ...
... Eurocentrism of the Russian mindset is very strong. The public mind in this country is still dominated by a ridiculously inadequate idea of a Chinese demographic threat to Russia’s eastern regions. (Actually, there are now much fewer Chinese in the Russian Far East than there were in the times of the Russian Empire).
A myth is also being boosted that Russia is ready to yield to the Chinese giant. One should give credit to Moscow, though, for its effort (quite successful, although without much publicity) ...
The paper was presented at the Conference “The Development of Russian Far East and Search for a New Paradigm for Regional Cooperation in Northeast Asia”
The paper was presented at the Conference “
The Development of Russian Far East and Search for a New Paradigm for Regional Cooperation in Northeast Asia
”....
