Diagnostics of investment climate in the Crimean region: trends, risks and prospects

The article analyses the theoretical approaches to the essence of the notions “investment climate of a region”, “investment attractiveness of a region”, “regional investment risks”. The article emphasizes that the diagnostics of the investment climate both from the part of the state and from the part of the interested persons allows the investors finding the opportunity and the expediency of investments. The Crimean region is a new subject of the Russian Federation and it attracts a focused attraction both from the part of the state and from the part of potential investors. However there is no enough information about the investment climate, potential risks and advantages for the investors of this new region of the Southern federal district. The authors assessed the investment climate of the Crimean republic and the city of the federal significance Sevastopol, analyzed the results of the social and economic development of the Republic of Crimea and the city of the federal significance Sevastopol 2015-2016...