Interregional Cooperation Within Integration Processes in the Union State of Russia and Belarus

Ruslan Agarunovich Abramov (), Sergey Georgiyevich Strelchenko () and Svetlana Vyacheslavovna Derevyanko ()
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Ruslan Agarunovich Abramov: Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
Sergey Georgiyevich Strelchenko: Union State Parliamentary Assembly Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
Svetlana Vyacheslavovna Derevyanko: Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Spatial Economics=Prostranstvennaya Ekonomika, 2016, issue 4, 153-173

Abstract: The article deals with interregional cooperation of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus in the spheres of trade, investment, industrial cooperation, education, science, culture, medicine and travel industry as a part of forming of The Eurasian Economic Space. Basing of the analysis of Russian and Belarusian regions’ experience the authors reveal the main problems of such cooperation. For example, it is shown that the major obstacle to making contacts between regions of the Union State is imperfection of federative and unitary structure, so there’s a need to enhance the role of supranational institutions and mechanisms for determining the interregional policy. It is proved that current contacts are geographically diversified. The authors give their recommendations to develop foundations for cooperation in innovative sector of economy. Identified prospects of development of interregional cooperation can be applied to the activities of legislative and executive authorities of the Union State as well as governmental bodies of Russian and Belarusian regions for maximizing their investment potential.

Keywords: integration; interregional cooperation ? spatial contacts ? regional economy ? social sphere; regions’ development gap ? Union State; Russia; Republic of Belarus (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.14530/se.2016.4.153-173

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