Evaluation of Regional Innovation Potential in Russia

Under the current conditions of developing the Russian economy the issue of forming and using the regional innovation potential has come to the forefront. A system of the regional innovation potential indexes is suggested in the article, the integrated indexes of the innovation-driven development of three regions in the Volga federal district over 2005-2010 years have been calculated. The comparative analysis of the regional innovation potential allowed detecting the major problems emerging in this field, and its possible solutions.