Forms and tools of interterritorial interaction and interterritorial integration

The article examines the theoretical and methodological aspects of interterritorial interaction, gives its definition and characteristics of the mechanism of its implementation. The classification of the main forms of interterritorial interaction in the Russian Federation with the participation of territorial socio-economic systems of various levels (contractual form (cooperation); information interaction; interaction in the preparation of strategic and territorial planning documents; financial interaction; interterritorial cooperation) is presented. The characteristic of interterritorial integration as a kind of interterritorial interaction is given. The forms and tools of interterritorial integration implemented in the Russian Federation are presented.