<i>ECONOMIC SECURITY OF THE REGION: SOCIAL ASPECT (ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE LENINGRAD REGION)</i>
The paper analyzes the social aspect of economic security of the Leningrad region. Based on indicators of the region's economic security, the following conclusions are drawn: economic base of the region is not concentrated in innovation sectors; region is experiencing a shortage of sites for new production facilities; exhausted labor resources; municipalities of the region are developing unevenly; insufficient role of social factors in the formation of the attractiveness of the region for the influx of economically active population and business.