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Generally, the term ‘Russian Far East’ refers to the Russian territory located east of East Siberia and Baikal Lake. The Russian government has pushed for development plans for this area several times, but so far has met with little success. However, after taking office in May 2012, the Putin administration started pursuing a ‘Far East Policy’ with unprecedented vigor. As part of its effort to link Far East development and cooperation with other Asia Pacific nations, the Russian government established the Ministry for Development of Russian Far East under the federal government in 2012, and in 2014 revised it to the National Program Socio-Economic Development of the Far East and the Baikal Region (GRF, 2014).
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Jeh, S.H. (2015). Russian Far East Development and Directions for Improvement in Korean-Russian Cooperation: Korea’s Perspective. In: Huang, J., Korolev, A. (eds) International Cooperation in the Development of Russia’s Far East and Siberia. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137489593_7
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