On the question of the institutional foundations of public innovation policy in modern Russia

The subject of this study is the institutional basis of public innovation policy in modern Russia. The relevance of this topic is due to both the attention to it from the political leadership, and the pressing needs of the Russian economy. By the authors' opinion, a full analysis of this policy area should be based on consideration of its institutional foundations from the point of view of interaction of political institutions both in the process of forming the respective priorities of the innovation policy and in the process of its implementation. The place of partial and functional representation of public interests in the existing system of innovative activity management is indicated. The novelty of the study is a detailed analysis of the role of government bodies at various levels, institutions of civil society, political parties, and business structures in the formation and implementation of public innovation policy.