Where is doing innovative business advantageous in Russia?

As part of the Gaidar Forum 2016 today held a meeting of the Association of Innovative Regions of Russia. Its Chairman, the President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, lead it. The meeting discussed issues of innovation business in Russia, in particular, the creation of rankings of the business in the regions. The event was attended by the Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Chief Executive Taliya Minullina. Krasnoyarsk Territory Governor Viktor Tolokonskiy, the Governor of Tomsk region Sergey Zhvachkin, Deputy Governor of the Novosibirsk region Anatoly Sobolev, Deputy Prime Minister of Bashkortostan Dmitry Sharonov, and other officials took an active part in the discussion. After the meeting Rustam Minnikhanov thanked the participants and said: "Association of innovative regions of Russia allows us to consolidate the position of the regions of Russia." New rating of conditions and the results of high-tech business is designed to show where it is profitable to do innovation business, reflect the real situation on the basis of innovation activity in the regions. It is planned that the rating will be based not on an expert judgment, but on the quantitative indicators that make it reasonable. It involves the assessment of the regions of the individual components of the conditions and results blocks. This will identify the leaders in each component, show the strengths and weaknesses of each region. - High-tech manufacturing is not always innovative. Tatarstan in this sense, headed for the modernization of existing plants, the creation of new high-tech production and innovations. Rating in any case will be useful, because an analytical approach to its formation will allow us to identify the "narrow" places in the process of development of innovative business environment. This will give an opportunity to increase the competitiveness of the regions of Russia in the global business space, said Taliya Minullina. Gaidar Forum continues with the plenary session, where participates the Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.