A History of President Putin's Campaign to Re-Nationalize Industry and the Implications for Russian Reform and Foreign Policy

• Main Author: Anderson, Richard J.
• Other Authors: FLETCHER SCHOOL OF LAW AND DIPLOMACY MEDFORD MA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Administration and Management; Economics and Cost Analysis; Government and Political Science; *FOREIGN POLICY; *MOTIVATION; *RUSSIA; *GOVERNMENT(FOREIGN); *CORPORATIONS; *INDUSTRIES; *CONTROL; AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY; AIR DEFENSE; BANKING; ECONOMIC IMPACT; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; CASE STUDIES; NATURAL GAS; GREECE; NUCLEAR ENERGY; DEFENSE INDUSTRY; COMMERCE; IRAN; SHIPBUILDING; EUROPE; ALGERIA; CRIMINAL CORRUPTION; FOREIGN MILITARY SALES; *RENATIONALIZATION; NATIONALIZATION; STATE-CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS; STATE-CONTROLLED INDUSTRIES; GAZPROM; COURT DECISIONS; SAKHALIN 1; SAKHALIN 2; KOVYKTA GAS FIELD; PUTIN VLADIMIR; POLITICAL ELITE; YUKOS; POLITICAL REFORM; ECONOMIC REFORM; Sakhalin
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA493664; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA493664

During Vladimir Putin's two terms as President of the Russian Federation, a major campaign has been underway to re-nationalize many of Russia's "strategic" industries -- labeled as such by the administration for their importance to the security of the nation. The scale of this de-privatization has been quite large. This research provides evidence that almost half of Russian industrial output is in the hands of corporations that are under state control. The manner in which the state has undertaken this campaign indicates its true stance on Western values, including respect for contracts and private property. The campaign has negative implications for the future of reform in Russia and the ways in which Russian state-controlled businesses will behave in the future. However, re-nationalization has had some very beneficial side-effects for Russian foreign policy. This Civilian Research Project describes how Russia's political elite carried out the campaign to re-nationalize and surmises their motives for doing so. The paper then analyzes how the Russian government has leveraged these industries in its execution of foreign policy and what the implications of that are for the future of Russian foreign policy and economic and political reform. Civilian Research Project. Senior Service College Fellowship Project.