Dynamics of Economic Development of Russian Regions: Analysis of Differentiation and Developing Approaches to its Decrease
We analyze the key indicators of economic development of Russian regions, namely, industrial production index, retail turnover and real population income. We distinguish leading regions and outsiders in accordance with the above-mentioned indicators. We make a conclusion about remaining high degree of differentiation concerning regional economic development. We introduce approaches to decreasing the degree of regional differentiation on the basis of the development of infrastructure projects, industry and service sphere.