Russia’s development strategy in the first decades of the 21st century and the choice of breakthoughs and innovations

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Stepping into the 21st century, as the world experiences the global economic crisis, most countries have been reconsidering their development models in order to put forward medium and long-term development strategies that work best in the era. Russia is not an exception, now faced with two choices: either inertia-market or breakthroughs and innovations. If it chooses the former, its future will depend on the ideology of new liberalism and market-ism, hoping for the almighty power of market and open-door policies that allow multinational companies to exploit the country as a supplier for energy and raw materials, and a consumption market. On the contrary, if it chooses breakthroughs and innovations, the state’s roles and responsibilities have to be maximized in all areas, especially in technological dominance and universalization, as well as resource re-structure for long-term sustainable development. According to our judgment, Russia clearly expresses the tendency towards breakthroughs and innovations with its long-term socio-economic development strategy (KDR 2020, KDR 2030 and KDR 2050) compiled by Ministry of Federal Economic Development following the President’s order, as a result of Federal State Council’s meetings on July 21st, 2006 and Federal Government Law No.1662-r on November 17th, 2008. In this article, authors summarize and analyze Russia’s strategic development orientation in such essential areas as diplomacy, economy, military-national defense affairs and science-technology in the first decades of the 21st century.