There is a growing risk of a social and political explosion in Russia, even if it is too early and the opposition is too disjointed for there to be much hope of a Russian spring.
The process for seeking approval from federal agencies is so disjointed and slow that pushing a line over a national park or river might as well be crossing the Styx.
The LGA said the current system is disjointed and offers organisations little incentive to work together, and the report concluded that councils should be the main commissioners of all employment programmes for young people.