Geography of Special Economic Zones and their analogues in Russia
Journal: Regional nye issledovaniya
Year: 2020

The article suggests using the UNCTAD approach to the allocation of special economic zones, according to which SEZs can be considered as entities that meet three criteria: clearly defined boundaries of the zone territory, economic activity regime different from the national one, developed infrastructure. The article analyzes the geography of SEZs in Russia in such a broad sense. It is concluded that the Russian SEZ system and its analogues are unreasonably complex, and it is proposed to create a