“At the Forum of Regions I realized one important thing - we are increasingly moving top-down. This is very good and right. I would also like to see cooperation at the district level. Now we have it at the level of regions, but we need to go even lower - to the level of districts. The Belarusian model can be of interest to Russia when it comes to the development of agro-towns and in general the intensive development of rural areas,” Semyon Uralov said.
The political scientist emphasized that the great thing about agro-towns is socialization and workforce retainment. “In other words, a university or college graduate can immediately get an apartment. A kindergarten, a school are built, and this graduate can plan his/her life for 15 years ahead. This is the most important thing. A person needs confidence in the future. And in Russia there is a huge number of regions with decadent rural communities,” he said.
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