¥FEZ
–1989 cities of Vyborg and Novgorod first
established FEZs
–By end of 1989 more than 60 petitons for
FEZs filed
–MoscowÕs main international airport - Sheremetyevo is a FEZ
–FEZ –>
tax breaks, lenient customs regulations
–1990 in Far East all of Sakhalin Island
became a FEZ
–Nakhodka-Vostochnyy FEZ
–Greater Vladivostok FEZ proposed
including Nakhodka-Vostochnyy
–Other FEZs proposed – Khabarovsk FEZ, Amur FEZ, Yakutian FEZ, international Tyuman
River
¥Often FEZs were backdrop for center VS periphery/local conflicts over control over natural resources and FDI (foreign direct investments)