The Perpetual Impermanence of Enterprise Land Reforms in Russia

Author(s): Andre Khakhalin
Editor(s): Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 64
Pages: 8-11
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen
Publication Year: 2009

Despite fifteen years of federal-level efforts to unify ownership over their land and capital, most Russian enterprises still do not own the plots on which they are situated. Indeed, many continue to use their lands under an antiquated, Soviet-era form of tenure. The irresolution of enterprise land reform likely imposes a serious economic burden on the country that might be alleviated by giving firms a stronger financial incentive to convert their land rights - for example, by imposing a tax or rental payment on those continuing to operate under the old form of tenure.

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