Alternative to the European Union

Russian TV, and all the press in general, loves to talk about the horrible life neighbors in Europe crisis in Ukraine total collapse, and so do Baltics died long ago. But let's see how things work in Russia itself - not in Moscow, oil regions or "gifted by Allah" Caucasus - as, for example, in "severe Chelyabinsk." Quotes from the article:
Now the city and the region on the verge of a complete or partial stop turned out to be just four (!) Of large industrial enterprises: Zlatoust Metallurgical Works (ZMZ), "Uraltrac" AZ "Ural" and AMW. According to the regional governor Mikhail Yurevich, the current economic situation is comparable with 1998.
The most difficult situation is in ZMZ. In late October, expressed his concern over the situation presidential envoy Igor Kholmanskikh: It is necessary to prevent ZMZ stop, because it is socially significant for the city object. The plant not only provides 4,000 jobs, but also heat and electricity for most of Chrysostom.
That in this situation did the governor? .. Putting aside the problem indefinitely, Jurevich flew on a business trip to Sweden with a delegation of the Chelyabinsk officials, and after stayed in Sweden for a planned vacation. PR governor presented such a strange move as investors search for the industry. Commenting on the behavior of the Chelyabinsk governor, said political analyst Mikhail Tula: Holidays in Sweden during an emergency in the region can be considered as a corporate style when in the Chelyabinsk region was a flood, the governor spent time in Nice.
In all of this, at the end of October mediareytinga heads of subjects of the Russian Federation, produced by information-analytical system "Medialogia", Chelyabinsk Region Governor Yurevich took seventh place, with the rise in the rankings Mikhail Yurevich provided ... sharp comment to the performers show with the Russian flag.

The result is that the activities of the governor reduced to typesetting PR points. In practice, during the crisis of industry in the region, Mikhail Yurevich could neither offer nor implement any decision. All matters are dealt with and resolved only through the federal center: at least envoy, as a maximum - Putin personally.

By and large, this is a problem not only of the Chelyabinsk region: shifting difficulties with regional "shoulders" at the federal and personally Putin became an all-Russian trend and one of the most acute problems for the president's administration. People on the ground are used to smooth the difficult moments due to the will of Putin and the federal budget, while lowering the rating and trust in the federal government

Presumably this is exactly what we can offer as an alternative to Russia "the horrors of the European Union».
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