Importance The article deals with the issues of innovation development in the Russian Federation, discussing the trends in Russia’s modern public policy. Objectives The paper aims to identify regions with similar features, capabilities, and the innovation activity outcomes. Methods For the study,I used methods of statistical data analysis based on IBM Spss Statistics, as well as the tabular and graphical methods of analysis. Results Having analyzed the innovative development aspects at the regional level, I classified regions and defined the nature of innovation inherent in this or that region type. I propose to identify the innovative capacity of regions arising from their existing resources, level of development and specialization, as a region’s development platform. Defining a region’s development platform will help to develop an adequate innovation policy of the region. I identified seven types of regions of the Russian Federation with similar behavior in the innovation sphere and highlighted their characteristics and key abilities. Conclusions and Relevance I conclude on the regions’ differentiation in opportunities and ways of their realization. The results of this research may be useful to the regional authorities as the basis for the planning and management of innovation, as well as other subjects related to issues of regional innovation development of the Russian Federation.
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