Formation of cross-border cooperation of Russia: The Far East aspect

Abstract

The article highlights the dynamics of the development of cross-border format of cooperation in Russia and the connection of its Far East to intensive relations with neighboring countries of the Asia-Pacific region. The transformation of the constitutional foundations of the Russian state at the end of the XX century made possible the interaction of actors of political relations at two levels: with foreign and domestic partners. The author of the article reconstructs the dynamics of the formation of the reference points of the metamorphosis of the system of public administration and political relations of different actors of cross-border cooperation in Russia. There are four stages of the uneven process of institutionalization, corresponding to the four periods of political and socio-spatial development of the Far Eastern border society. The domestic model has not yet received the final stable form, but it has acquired its unique characteristics.

Keywords

• regional development
• the far east of russia
• political relations
• crossborder cooperation
• institutionalization of the trans-frontier cooperation
• far eastern border society