Comparative Analysis of Indicators of Socio-Economic Development of Siberia and the Far East in the Context of Their Geopolitical Significance for the Country

   Relevance. The complexity of the development of federal districts is associated with regularly emerging new challenges and threats, the strengthening of the role of other states, the aggravation of relations with "neighbors", which lead to difficulties not only in terms of the positioning of states on the world stage, but also socio-economic development.
    The purpose  is to conductan equal analysis of the indicators of socio-economic development of Siberia and the Far East from the point of view of their importance for the geopolitics of the region.

   Objectives: analyze the socio-economic data on the development of the Siberian Federal District and the Far Eastern Federal District from the standpoint of their geopolitical significance for the Russian Federation; to identify significant geopolitical directions for the development of the Siberian Federal District and the Far Eastern Federal District for the near future.
   Methodology. The analysis of static data of the Federal Statistical Service of the Russian Federation, the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation and federal districts, secondary statistical data for assessing the development of the regions was carried out.
   Results. The Far East is valuable for cooperation with other states. This is the Northern Sea Route, reserves of export-import resources: 100% of Russian tin, almost 100% of diamonds, more than 50% of gold and silver, about 56% of the all-Russian production of fish and fish products are mined. Large hydroelectric power plants are located in Sibir - Sayano-Shushenskaya and Krasnoyarskaya.
   Conslusions. Despite the positive results from the implementation of the National Program for the SocioEconomic Development of the Far East and Siberia, it is necessary to strengthen the development of the following areas: to increase the volume of the fuel and energy industry; cross-border foreign economic cooperation; to promote the inflow of population into the region, to regulate its outflow; to stimulate the export of non-energy non-commodities.

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