Kaliningradskaja oblast': osobennosti jekonomicheskogo krizisa (2008—2009 gg.) i vozmozhnye mery po vyhodu iz nego [The Kaliningrad region: the characteristics of the 2008—2009 economic crisis and possible ways of overcoming it]

Abstract

This article analyses the causes of the economic decline in the Kaliningrad region in 2008—2009, which was sharper than the Russian average. The author suggests a number of measures aimed to mitigate the consequences of the crisis, expedite its termination, facilitate the return of economic growth and find solutions to social problems.

Keywords

• Kaliningrad region
• economic crisis
• Special economic zone (SEZ)
• 2006 law on SEZ
• strategy for regional development
• model of economic development