About the «National Program for Development of the Far East»: Reality and Delusions

Abstract

The paper provides critical comments on formation and future implementation of the new development program of the Far East in accordance with instructions of the President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin to the Government of the Russian Federation. The main recommendations of the author are based on historical experience of state regulation of socio-economic development of Siberia and the Far East, since the tsarist times of Russian history. The paper defines principal directions of socio-economic development of Siberia and the Far East with particular emphasis on the need for public discussion of transport infrastructure development in the territories, changes in raw materials export routes, as well as issues of strengthening the local population and preserving the rights of indigenous people of Russia.