ON THE STRATEGY AND CONCEPT OF RUSSIA'S SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE PERIOD OF UP TO 2020

Abstract

The President's socio-economic strategy of the Russian State development within the period of up to 2020 (hereinafter referred to as the Strategy) presented at a State Council meeting is, in essence, a political decision of choosing the innovations-oriented path of the economy development and keeping away from the inertia-based pathway of the energy natural resource and raw material excessive use. The Strategy implementation process should be based on the Socio-Economic Development Concept developed by and the Forecast made by the RF Government (hereinafter referred to as the Concept and the Forecast) after the above decision was made. The article author examines whether the Government Concept and the Forecast parameters are in line with the strategic objective of the switchover to the innovations-based path of the Russian economy development.