New Patterns in the Modern Dynamics of Socioeconomic Development of Russian Regions

The article analyzes the differentiation of Russian regions in terms of the dynamics of their socioeconomic development in 2022 based on a number of statistical indicators, primarily the indices of the output of goods and services by basic types of economic activity and industrial production (taking into account the prevailing pattern of interregional differences in the dynamics and structure of gross regional product in 2020–2021). The author has demonstrated that the economic development of regions in 2022 was significantly influenced by the dependence of their economy on foreign capital, which had not previously played such a significant role. For the first time in recent years, this has led to the greatest problem in the Northwestern Federal District. In manufacturing, as in 2015, the Southern Federal District, primarily its largest regions, as well as the Central Federal District, were characterized by the highest growth rates. The latter was simultaneously distinguished by large contrasts between individual federal subjects, which proved to be both among the leaders and outsiders in terms of production indices. Real cash incomes in 2022 depended weakly on the dynamics of economic indicators‘—the redistribution of incomes within the framework of state social policy traditionally played a significant role. In addition, as is typical of crisis years, the dynamics of retail trade turnover by region was not determined by real cash incomes.