Russia’s Regions on their Way to Europe

Funded by the Volkswagen Foundation, 2003 – 2005, Contact Person: Dr. Galina Michaleva
 

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Research Question

This research project examined to what extent Russia’s way to Europe depends on its regions and what consequences this may have. Never losing sight of the politics pursued in Moscow, it took a close look at the European interests of the respective regions and provided insightful answers to the complex question what opportunities and obstacles Russia faces whilst integrating into Europe. More specifically, comparative analysis of the different regions provided a differentiated insight into the ‘Foundations and Prerequisites of an Enlarged Europe’. In this context, both competitive and collaborative approaches were explored in some detail.


Cooperation

The project was carried out in close cooperation with the Centre for Modern Politics Research (Moscow) and the Russian State University for the Humanities (Moscow). The research on the Russian side was coordinated by Sergej Ryenkov, lecturer at the Russian State University for the Humanities and deputy director of the Centre for Modern Politics Research.

- Russian State University for the Humanities (RGGU), Faculty of History, Political Sciences and Law, Moscow (Dean Prof. Dr. Alexander Logunow)
- Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), Faculty of Political Sciences, Moscow (Prof. Dr. Andrej Degtjarew)


Publications

Michaleva, Galina: Oprosy obšžestvennogo mnenija: instrument izucenija dejstvitel'nosti ili sredstvo manipulacii obšžestvennym mneniem, in: Otkrytyj forum 4/2003, pp.50-51.

Michaleva, Galina: Osobennosti izbiratel'nych sistem, in: Žurnal o wyborach 1/2003, pp. 53-55.

Michaleva, Galina: Vektor sootnošenija sil, in: Effektivnoe antikrizisnoe upravlenie 3/2003, pp. 53-56.

Michaleva, Galina: Russland vor den Dumawahlen. Wer hat Chancen? Wostok, 2003 No. 4 pp. 10-12.

Michaleva, Galina: At the Starting Line: September and the Duma Vote. Russian Election Watch/Harvard University and Indiana University, Bloomington, vol. 3, no. 1, October 2003, pp. 6-8.

Michaleva, Galina: October: The Players and the Yukos Affair. Russian Election Watch/Harvard University and Indiana University, Bloomington, vol. 3, no. 2, November 2003, pp. 7-8.

Michaleva, Galina: Election Results 2003: Another Step Towards Autocracy. Russian Election Watch/Harvard University and Indiana University, Bloomington, vol. 3, no. 4, January 2004, pp. 9-10.

Michaleva, Galina: Russlands Regionen auf dem Weg nach Europa? FSO Arbeitspapier 72, November 2005, 37 pp.