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Title: THE FEDERAL DISTRICTS


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THE FEDERAL DISTRICTS
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Federal District Composition District Capital Population
Central Republics -0 Regions -17 Other -1 Moscow 25,5
Northwest Republics - 2 Regions - 8 Other - 2 St.Petersburg 9,8
Southern Republics - 8 Regions 5 Rostov-on-Don 14,4
Volga Republics - 6 Regions 8 Nizhniy Novgorod 21,1
Ural Republics - 0 Regions - 2 Other 2 Ekaterinburg 8,7
Siberian Republics -4 Regions -8 Other -4 Novosibirsk 13,4
Far East Republics 1 Regions - 6 Other - 3 Khabarovsk 5,0
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FEDERAL DISTRICT PRESEDENTIAL REPRESENTATIVE PREVIOUS POSITION MILITARY RANK
Central POLTAVCHENKO Georgy Presidential representative in Leningrad region (Federal Tax Service, St.Petersburg Chief) General
Northwest CHERKESOV Viktor Federal Security Service, 1st Deputy Director Lt.General
Southern KAZANTSEV Viktor North Caucasus Military District, Commander General
Volga KIRIENKO Sergey Prime-Minister, April-August 1998 None
Ural LATYSHEV Petr Ministry of Interior, Deputy Minister Col.General
Siberian DRACHEVSKY Leonid Minister of CIS Affairs, Career Diplomat None
Far East PULIKOVSKY Konstantin Deputy Commander, Chechen War Lt.General
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The expectation was that the federal districts
would become power links in a vertical chain of
command, super-regions that would restore Kremlin
control over the multitude of independent
governors.
  • In reality their task was
  • to prevent the break-up of the Russian
    Federation, to control the governors and
    presidents who were openly flouting the legal
    authority of Moscow
  • to be the eyes and ears of the president in the
    regions.

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The main political instruments were
  • insistence on rewriting regional laws to conform
    to federal law. This has proceeded fairly
    smoothly although it is an open question
    whether implementation of the new laws will
    differ from past practices.
  • supervision of anti-corruption campaigns,
    unleashing the procuracy on criminal actions by
    government officials.
  • monitoring of elections, and using elections to
    try to remove objectionable governors
  • monitoring the mass media, trying to create media
    outlets favorable to Moscow, and creating new
    media outlets to promote regional identity and
    cooperation between the federal districts
    components
  • supervision of security institutions, including
    stopping efforts by regional leaders to create
    their own security networks.

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  • Every Presidents representative has developed
    new functions which were not necessarily part of
    President Putins original plan.

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NEW PRESEDENTIAL REPRESENTATIVES
  • Northwest
  • CHERKESOV Viktor - MATVEENKO Valentina (Vice
    Prime Minister) -KLEBANOV Igor (Vice Prime
    Minister)
  • Southern
  • KAZANTSEV Viktor YAKOVLEV Vladimir (Vice
    Prime Minister) KOZACK Dmitry (Presidents
    Administration, First Deputy Head

  • Volga
  • KIRIENKO Sergey - KONOVALOV Alexander
    (Bashkortastan Prosecutor)
  • Siberian
  • DRACHEVSKY Leonid KVASHNIN Anatoly (Chief
    Of General Staff)

  • Far East
  • PULIKOVSKY Konstantin ISHAKOV Kamil
    (Kazan Mayor)

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Northwest Federal District
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Northwest Federal District
  • GENERAL INFORMATION
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  • Total area 1 687 000 square kilometers (9.8 of
    all Russian territory)
  • Population 14.4 million (9.9 of all Russian
    population)
  • Central city St. Petersburg
  • The district enjoys a lucrative geopolitical
    situation it borders Finland, Norway, Poland,
    Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, and has
    outlets to Baltic, White, Barents, and Kara Seas.
  • The district has a rich natural resource
    potential 16 and 20 of Russias explored oil
    and gas reserves, respectively 50 of European
    Russia forests, and Europes largest coal
    reserves (214 billion ton).
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Leading Industries
  • In 2004, industrial growth in Northwest Russia
    was 113 percent of the 2003 level, driven mainly
    by business expansion in St. Petersburg, and
    Arkhangelsk and Kaliningrad Oblasts.
  • The most developed industries of the Northwest
    Federal District are
  • Metallurgy (Leningrad Oblast and Vologda)
  • Chemical and petrochemical (Leningrad Oblast,
    Murmansk and Novgorod)
  • Logging, wood processing, pulp and paper
    (Leningrad Oblast, the Komi and Karelia
    Republics, Pskov and Novgorod)
  • Machine-tool building (St.Petersburg, Leningrad
    Oblast and Novgorod)
  • Food processing (St.Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast,
    Novgorod and Pskov)
  • Non-ferrous metallurgy (Murmansk and the Komi
    Republic)

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Major Development Challenges
  • Low development of human resources
  • - Demographic implosion (mortality rates exceed
    birth rates by a factor of 2 the average life
    interval is 59 years for men and 72 years for
    women from 1991, population numbers contracted
    by 912 000)
  • - Low income levels (average monthly wages are
    equivalent to 135-140 average pensions and
    subsidies are below the actual minimum living
    costs)
  • - High crime rates
  • Inefficient structure of economy (a high
    proportion of raw-material and low-technology
    industries low innovation levels)
  • Significant gaps between regions development
    levels centralized management of regions
    financial resources by the federal budget
  • Development challenges in the Russian exclave
    Kaliningrad Oblast
  • Lack of an overall federal development strategy
    inconsistent regional policies of the federal
    government
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