The strategy for integration of the Lugansk People's Republic into the Russian economy

The urgency of the problem of the early integration of one of the new Russian regions, the Lugansk People's Republic, into the national economic space is due to the need to develop the economic level and quality of life for the citizens of the LPR to the all-Russian level in the shortest possible time. Federal Constitutional Law №. 6-FKZ dated 04.10.2022 and Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated 22.12.2023. №. 2255 provides for the solution of this priority economic task by 2030 with the development of a program for the socio-economic development of the region, approaches and mechanisms to ensure its implementation. The process of integrating the new region is based on previously developed general trends and scientific approaches, but is complicated by the continuation of hostilities in the surrounding territories. The purpose of the study is to develop and substantiate theoretically a strategy for integrating the region into the economic space of the Russian Federation under the current conditions. The methodological basis for the study includes: a systematic analysis and synthesis of accumulated scientific knowledge and experience; studying the methodology of strategic planning, methods and approaches of the integration process. As a result of the study, the main strategic directions, tools and ways of integrating the region and its socio-economic development in the coming years have been developed.

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