Investor Presentaiton
chapter 3
Political forces, their interests
and correlation
The Ryazan Oblast is traditionally categorized as part of the so-called "Red Belt.”
It belongs to a group of regions where Communists and their allied parties and
movements are the strongest. It means that state-centric and nationalist-patriotic
traditions are very strong in the Ryazan society, which has a very reserved atti-
tude to international cooperation. In comparison to Moscow, westernization of
daily life has only spread to a very limited social base here. This can be explained
not only by the specific structural features of the economy - the rural periphery
and the enterprises of the military-industrial complex are still heavily dependent
on state contracts and budget subsidies - but also by the historically developed
mentality of the population of the Russian heartland. Similar tendencies can be
observed in other oblasts located in the Central region.
In general, the parties of the left have their base in the agrarian sector and
in the enterprises of the military-industrial complex; the centrist Unity and
Fatherland parties are rooted in the enterprises of the fuel and energy complex,
and the parties of the right have a support base in the recently created private
enterprises.
The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) has consistently
held first place in all electoral campaigns. Other parties that overcame the 5%
threshold did not reach the average Russian level. (Table 2)View entire presentation