PRESIDENTIAL DECREE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

of January 16, 2017 No. 13

About approval of Bases of state policy of regional development of the Russian Federation for the period until 2025

According to part 6 of article 20 of the Federal Law of June 28, 2014 No. 172-FZ "About strategic planning in the Russian Federation" I decide :

1. Approve the enclosed Bases of state policy of regional development of the Russian Federation for the period until 2025.

2. Federal executive bodies, plenipotentiaries of the President of the Russian Federation in federal districts and public authorities of subjects of the Russian Federation shall be guided by Bases of state policy of regional development of the Russian Federation for the period until 2025 in case of the solution of tasks of social and economic development of subjects of the Russian Federation.

3. To the government of the Russian Federation annually, since 2017, no later than December 20 to represent to the President of the Russian Federation the report on results of implementation of Bases of state policy of regional development of the Russian Federation for the period till 2025.

4. Presidential decree of the Russian Federation of June 3, 1996 No. 803 "About Basic provisions of regional policy in the Russian Federation" (The Russian Federation Code, 1996, No. 23, Art. 2756) shall be recognized as invalid.

5. This Decree becomes effective from the date of its signing.

Approved by the Presidential decree of the Russian Federation of January 16, 2017 No. 13

Bases of state policy of regional development of the Russian Federation for the period until 2025

I. General provisions

1. These Bases determine the principles, the purposes, priority tasks and mechanisms of implementation state policy of regional development of the Russian Federation (further - state policy of regional development).

2. In these Bases the following basic concepts are used:

a) state policy of regional development - system of priorities, purposes, tasks, measures and actions of federal bodies of the government for political and social and economic development of subjects of the Russian Federation and municipalities;

b) the macroregion - the part of the territory of the Russian Federation including the territories of two and more subjects of the Russian Federation within which social and economic conditions require allocation of the separate directions, priorities, purposes and tasks of social and economic development in case of development and implementation of documents of strategic planning;

c) the region - part of the territory of the Russian Federation in borders of the territory of the subject of the Russian Federation.

3. The factors and conditions of regional development exerting impact on forming and implementation of state policy of regional development are:

a) federal structure of the Russian Federation and independent implementation of subjects of the Russian Federation by public authorities and local government bodies of the powers;

b) size of the territory of the Russian Federation and extent of its frontier, number of the border states;

c) geographical, climatic, demographic and sociocultural features of regions;

d) significant differences in the level of social and economic development of regions, uneven placement of productive forces and resettlement of the population in the territory of the country;

e) insufficient infrastructure security of number of regions and cities, low level of their economic interaction, high degree of depreciation of transport, energy and engineering infrastructure.

4. State policy of regional development is implemented taking into account the strategic national priorities of the Russian Federation determined in the documents of strategic planning developed at the federal level within goal-setting, forecasting, planning and programming.

II. Principles of state policy of regional development

5. State policy of regional development is implemented according to the following principles:

a) ensuring territorial integrity, unity of legal and economic space of the Russian Federation;

b) providing equal opportunities for implementation of constitutional rights and freedoms of citizens of the Russian Federation in all territory of the country;

c) respect for balance between building-up of economic capacity of regions and preserving comfortable living environment of the population;

d) implementation of the stimulating measures of the state support of regions and municipalities on condition of independent implementation of subjects of the Russian Federation by public authorities and local government bodies of the powers established by the Constitution of the Russian Federation and the Federal Laws;

e) differentiation of powers between federal bodies of the government, public authorities of subjects of the Russian Federation and local government bodies on the basis of subsidiarity;

e) the differentiated approach to implementation of measures of the state support of regions and municipalities depending on their social and economic and geographical features;

g) ensuring sustained economic growth and scientific technology development of regions, increase in level of competitiveness of their economy in the international markets.

III. Purposes, priority tasks and mechanisms of implementation of state policy of regional development

6. The purposes of state policy of regional development are providing equal opportunities for implementation of established by the Constitution of the Russian Federation and the Federal Laws economic, political and social rights of citizens of the Russian Federation in all territory of the country, improvement of quality of their life, ensuring sustained economic growth and scientific technology development of regions, increase in competitiveness of economy of the Russian Federation in the world markets on the basis of the balanced and sustainable social and economic development of subjects of the Russian Federation and municipalities, and also the maximum attraction of the population to the solution of regional and local tasks.

7. Goal achievement of state policy of regional development requires the solution of the following priority tasks:

a) infrastructure provision of spatial development of economy and the social sphere of the Russian Federation by means of:

identification and the analysis of economic specialization and perspective competitive advantages of regions and municipalities taking into account the international, interregional and intermunicipal labor division;

determinations of the main directions of change of space structure of economy of the Russian Federation and development on this basis of the interconnected strategy of space development of the Russian Federation, industry documents of strategic planning and the strategy of social and economic development of macroregions, subjects of the Russian Federation and municipalities;

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