Paul Goble
Staunton, Feb. 18 – In Soviet times, Western specialists were taught to read articles in USSR media by running down their fingers until they reached the odnako or “however” paragraph in which the Soviet authors and then examine that part of the article with care because it was typically the portion that contained both the most important information.
Changes in Russian media under Putin increasingly are requiring a similar approach, with the initial paragraphs of most articles being celebratory of Russian achievements but with subsequent potions of the articles providing the most critical and typically most important information.
A new article by Dmitry Khrushchalyov of Business Line portal concerning transportation logistics in the Russian Far East is a classic example of this revenant from the past (eastrussia.ru/material/dalniy-vostok-kak-transportno-logisticheskiy-khab-tekushchaya-situatsiya-i-dalneyshie-perspektivy/).
In the first paragraphs of his article, the business analyst talks about how much Russia has achieved in making its Far Eastern regions a major transport hub; but in the last four, he discusses why it hasn’t achieved more and what would have to be done for that to happen. The latter are by far the more significant.
There he openly acknowledges that “there are also obstacles to the path toward the increase in the size of international trade through the region.” In particular, he says, “an aging logistics infrastructure negatively affects the throughput of the Far Eastern Federal District” means it can’t meet demand or expectations.
If Russia is to succeed, Khrushchalyov says, it must “modernize all elements of the region’s transport infrastructure, including ports, roads, and railways;” ad it will be able to do tht most likely only by means of a joint public-private effort in shich the state creates “favorable conditions and potential benefits” for the private sector.
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