Vladimir Putin canceled Yeltsin's decree on the regions of the Far North
Karelia loses the status of a territory equated to the regions of the Far North. The corresponding decree was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, the document has already been published on the portal of legal information.
Putin canceled the 1993 decree signed by the first President of Russia Boris Yeltsin, who equated some regions of Karelia with the regions of the Far North. The new document comes into force on January 1, 2022. It is explained that the decree was signed as part of the change in the development strategy of the Arctic zone until 2035. In addition to Karelia, changes have affected Buryatia, Komi and the Komi-Permyak Autonomous District of the Perm Territory.
So far, nothing is clear from the signed decree, there are no official explanations. However, the document caused a violent reaction on social networks. As some network portals write, people are afraid that since part of Karelia has lost the status of regions equated to the Far North, then northern allowances, long vacations and other benefits granted to northerners are automatically removed.
As stated by the deputy of the State Duma Valentina Pivnenko, who has been dealing with the problems of the North in general and Karelia in particular for a long time, this decree came as a "surprise" for her. At the same time, she does not think that it is somehow connected with the deprivation of citizens of any benefits. According to her, the document can be adopted within the framework of clarifying the regulatory framework.
In Karelia itself, to news they reacted with bewilderment about the deprivation of part of the territory of the status equal to the regions of the Far North. The thing is that the authorities of the republic have recently, on the contrary, increased the number of such regions. Today 38% of the territory of Karelia belongs to the Arctic zone, the remaining 62% are equated to the regions of the Far North.
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