The problem of definition of the status of inter-regional association Siberian Accord in early 1990s

Reforming the political system in our country on the verge of the1980s and the 1990s led to a transformation of the existing institutes and establishing of new structures. The Inter-regional association ofeconomic interaction of regions Siberian Accord became one of them. Standard fastening of its legal status became the major conditionfor its development and activity. The problem was that the creation of the association became a manifestation of the initiative of theSiberian regions, which originally paid more attention to finding a solution for specific targets within the limits of the created association,instead of its status. In many respects it was a result of economic priorities of the final stage of the perestroika, focusing regionson transition to independence and self-financing. However, in the conditions of formation of the new Russian statehood an importantrole was played by formal legal relationships. Power and management levels - federal, regional and municipal ones  were vested with acertain volume of competence. In this connection, the problem of defining the status of inter-regional associations of economic interactionwas designated. On the one hand, they had shown the efficiency in achievement of social and economic stabilization in regions; onthe other hand, they did not correspond formally to the types of organizations existing in the legislation. Associations required definitionof legal bases of their activity. At the end of 1991 attempts were undertaken to give associations the state status, however, the Supremebody of the RSFSR sent the presented documents on completion to The Ministerial Council. As a provisional measure was the presidentialDecree, according to which the Siberian Accord was established and accepted the Contract of founders and the Charter in July1992. Despite that, the accepted standard documents did not create a sufficient legal field for the activity of associations. Constantly,there were problems connected with the uncertain status of Siberian Accord that did not allow to operatively solve urgent problemswithin the association. Disintegration processes in the country, which forced the federal centre to be concerned with the suspicion ofactivity of associations and deprive them of additional powers, aggravated the situation. At the same time the race for power between thePresident and the Supreme body pushed them getting support of the regions, including associations. In these conditions the Governmentconfirms Temporary Position on the Order of Formation, Registration and Activity of Voluntary Associations of Economic Interaction.The accepted document reflected the central powers policy of dual nature - the problem of defining the status of associations wasnot solved, but considerable powers concerning joint conducting the Federal centre and subjects of Federation were conferred to interregionalassociations. Temporary position actually became a legislative basis, within it the activity of association before passing theFederal Law in 1999 was carried out.

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