Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name:Irina Dezhina Author-Name-First:Irina Author-Name-Last: Dezhina Author-Workplace-Name:Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: The State of Research and Innovation Sphere in Russia in 2009 Abstract: In the wake of the global crisis the issue of innovation development is mentioned more of-ten than in previous years, despite the fact that "innovation" context has greatly contrasted with the actual results of the formation of the national innovation economy. The principal difference last year was that, first, the innovation vector of development (at least at the level of strategic plans) has appeared in virtually all key ministries and departments, and secondly, in the issues of technological progress, i.e., based on the achievements of science and innovation, the President of the country started to pay much more attention to it. Length: 29 pages Creation-Date: 2010 Revision-Date: 2013 Classification-JEL: I21, I22, I23, I24, I25, I28 Keywords: Russian economy, technological priorities, R&D, higher education, innovation File-URL: https://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/ppaper/129Dezhina.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf File-Function: Revised version, 2013 Handle: RePEc:gai:ppaper:129