Peculiarities of interregional differentiation in Russia and instruments of its watering-down

Abstract

In Russia interregional disparities are formed in general by means of some fastest growing regions against the majority ofdepressive territories. Implemented regional policy primary based on the principal of cooperative federalism doesn’t result in convergence of regions. It is more preferable to use the principal of competitive federalism in regional policy to solve the problem of interregional differentiation.

Keywords

• interregional differentiation
• theil index
• regional policy
• instruments of regional policy ofthe state
• cooperative federalism
• competitive federalism