Spatial development strategy of Russia – 2030: novations and promising research areas

The most significant novations of the Government Strategy for Spatial Development of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2030 and with a forecast up to 2036, developed in 2024, compared to a similar document in force until 2025, were the change in approaches to the strategy’s development (spatial development began to be considered as a factor in the socio-economic development of the country) and the selection of spatial development priorities. In order to achieve the national development goals of Russia, it is proposed to concentrate the instruments and resources of state policy in diverse (by population and specialization) core settlements in order to ensure that they fulfill the role of service centers for their hinterland. Despite the validity of this idea, a number of problems and limitations of its implementation can be named, which requires further scientific research, including interdisciplinary one. Their main directions are related to the development of the Russian settlement system, overcoming negative trends in internal population migration, spatial aspects of the federal scientific and technological policy, searching for sources of economic growth in territories lagging behind in terms of the level and dynamics of socio-economic development, creating conditions for enhancing interregional and inter-municipal cooperation.