As it was expected, President of Russia Vladimir Putin issued a new package of the May Decrees that contain 150 tasks to be implemented during 2018-2024 by the federal and local executive authorities starting right after Putin’s inauguration for the fourth presidential term. The document is extremely important since it explains to a certain degree the general plan of actions of the government of Russia in regards to the development of the country for the upcoming six years.
Kanat Makhanov is a research fellow at the Eurasian Institute of the International H.A Yassawi Kazakh-Turkish University. He holds a BA in Business Economics from the KIMEP University from 2012. In 2014 he earned his Masters degree in Economics from the University of Vigo (Spain), completing his thesis on “Industrial Specialization in autonomous regions of Spain and Kazakhstan”. His main research interests are Spatial Economics, Economic Geography, Regional Economics, Human and Economic Geography.