Problems of socio-economic development of the Karelian Arctic and ways to overcome them, taking into account spatial and economic features and the legal status of the region

Abstract

The economic and legal regime of the Russian Arctic is currently in its nascent stage of development. The Arctic has acquired the status of a special object of government control. However, not only new management tools are being formed to enhance the socio-economic development of the region, the borders of the management object themselves are changing - new territories are being included in the Arctic zone. Thus, the formation of the economic and legal regime of the Arctic zone and the incorporation of new territories into its spatial and economic structure not only go hand in hand, but are also of an interdependent nature. In addition, the historically established system of resettlement and distribution of productive forces and the resource potential of the territory should be considered and analyzed based on the new circumstances, strategic development goals and tasks of the spatial organization of the economy of the Arctic zone region. The purpose of this article is to identify urgent problems of the socio-economic development of the municipalities of the Republic of Karelia included in the Arctic zone of Russia, and to develop directions for overcoming them within the strategic priorities for the development of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation. To achieve this goal, we analyzed the current stage in the formation of the economic and legal regime of the Russian Arctic, examined the features of the socio-economic development of the Karelian Arctic and the spatial organization of the economy, identified areas for improving the spatial organization of the economy of the region in the context of integration into existing projects for the development of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation and its legal regime. The conclusion was made about the need to expand the Karelian Arctic in order to form an economic space that determines the complex development of the territory. An alternative is the integration of the Karelian Arctic into the emerging support zones of neighboring regions.