New concept of regional policy in the Russian Federation
V.E. Seliverstov
Abstract
The paper considers the principle provisions of the Draft Concept of a new regional policy in the Russian Federation developed by the RF Ministry for Regional Development in the summer 2008. Our general conclusion is that the present document is much more advanced than the previous one based on substituting the principles providing equalization of the levels of the socio-economic development in regions for a "polarized development" policy which assumes the support to "regions-locomotives".
