Foreign Economic Relations of Ryazan Oblast in the Context of a New Security Environment

Author(s): Leonid Vardomskiy
Series: Project Regionalization of Russian Foreign and Security Policy
Issue: 13
Publisher(s): Forschungsstelle für Sicherheitspolitik und Konfliktanalyse, ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2002

Ryazan Oblast is located about 200 kilometers south of Moscow. It belongs to the group of the so-called Red Belt regions, where the communist party dominates and economic restructuring faces difficulties. The conditions prevailing in the oblast are not favorable. Ryazan Oblast lies in the shadow of Moscow, and the influence of the financial and economic capital can be felt expanding into this region and shaping its economic life to a considerable degree.

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