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The Irkutsk region introduces state planning of the Soviet type, providing for the preparation of five -year economic plans. It is reported by RBC.

Governor Sergei Levchenko, a member of the Communist Party, has already formed a planning committee in the regional administration. At a meeting of the committee, he said that the five -year plan "will include several blocks, primarily production, social, transport, scientific." “Among the key elements,” the governor noted, “bonuses to state employees, depending on the qualifications, an increase in the share of manufacturing, the balance of development of territories, large investment projects.”

"All the activities of the regional authorities, which they could conduct within the framework of existing state programs, will be packed, but Irkutsk officials do not consider state programs quite effective," Levchenko added.

The governor, however, noticed that it is not supposed to fully copy the Soviet scheme, since "times have changed a lot, the economic way has changed." Instead of lowering direct directives to enterprises, Levchenko explained, it is supposed to be influenced by state support and tax benefits.

The concept of planning Irkutsk officials was proposed by the director of the Moscow Center for Economic and Political Reforms Nikolai Mironov.

Meanwhile, the regional Legislative Assembly, in which the majority constitute Unicorns, and the regional branch of United Russia opposed the initiative of Levchenko. The speaker of the Legislative Assembly Sergey Brilka called the governor’s decision “political bluff” and accused the head of the region of violating federal legislation on strategic planning.

Officials of the regional administration, in turn, argue that there is no violation, since the state plan will be taken into account in the regional development strategy.

The Federal Ministry of Economic Development, which coordinates the strategies of the regions, has noticed that the introduction of state planning with them has not yet been discussed.

In May 2016, Levchenko announced that analogues of Soviet collective farms will be created in the remote northern territories of the region. It was supposed to form 20 such farms before the end of the year.

This summer, the governor sent to the State Duma a negative review of the draft law on pension reform.