The centre of politics in any country is in its capital city. Moscow, the capital of Russia, is not only the most politically central city but it also houses the greatest number of job opportunities. Trying to cross provincial borders in Russia is unlike the freedom we have in Canada. Each province has its own centre which is trying to compete economically with Moscow... realistically impossible. The solution, rearrange Russia's territorial boundaries to revolve more equally around Moscow. An impossible task....?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11829633
This is a very interesting article Elise, and I like how you gave a brief description of what it revolves around. I find it silly that the provinces are trying to compete with Moscow, Shouldn't they just all behave as a proper joint nation? There shouldn't be any arguements between civilians who live on essentially the same land.
ReplyDeleteElise, I've enjoyed reading your last two posts. From now on, you should be posting at least twice a week. And as a mentioned before, it's important that you begin the work of providing some historical context to Russian Politics - the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Cold War, the Russian Revolution, and even earlier: it is a fascinating country, but in many ways shaped profoundly by it's history. The you can begin to talk more about the new Russia, which you need to trend.
ReplyDeleteFinally, start to organize your posts in to catergories: history, breaking news, current developments, Nato, art, etc.
Remember your task is to become a kind of "expert" on Russian and it's politics.