Stupin, Ilya. “Infrastrukturnii’ fantom,” Ekspert 34, 07 September 2009, 88-92. 25 June 2010 http://dlib.eastview.com.ezproxy.middlebury.edu/browse/doc/20586521.

Review of the problems facing infrastructure and highway building in Russia.   Article highlights probable missteps of the government in focusing its attention and resources on unneeded projects.  The recently created firm Rusavtodor overshadows existing motorway infrastructure construction enterprises; its legal status as an enterprise is ambiguous.  Its Land Code provides terms of lease on federal and non-real land properties, which exempt the company from receiving certain permissions and allow for the conclusion of lease agreements without usual public auctions. Questions are raised as to why this state-favored enterprise has been given “less complicated” projects and land on which to work, given the fact that its capital base is capable of tackling larger problems (92).