Crimea as a Mechanism for Launching Reforms in Russia and the Role of the Ruling Elite in Their Conduct

Abstract

The article establishes the relationship of the Crimea with the reforms in Russia carried out by the ruling elite from the X century to the present time. The author presents the unfair and illegal decision of the state authority of the USSR and the Union republics on the transfer of the Crimean area from RSFSR to the Ukrainian SSR. Further, the author shows the reasons for the phenomenal results of the referendum on the reunification of Crimea with Russia and summarised some results of reforms in 2014-2019. The author formulates proposals on what the Russian ruling elite should do to modernise the country - to build an effective state, to create a powerful economy, to form a strong civil society. The prospects of Russia in the construction of a new world order are determined.