Creative economy as the center of economic growth of regions

The article examines the complex factor of the creative industries of the regions of the Russian Federation from the point of view of the development of their strategic potential and competitiveness, which can act as a powerful regional meta-resource capable of giving impetus to socio-economic development on a fundamentally new basis, linking together both spiritual and moral priorities at the national level and purely regional - economic, competitive ones. The correlation of the categories of the sphere of culture and creative industries is revealed: with the mutual presence of a creative essence and a social orientation, the difference between the sectors of culture and creative industries of the regional economy in their overlapping part lies in the presence of a pronounced commercial component inherent in organizations of the creative economy. A comparative analysis of the socio-economic strategies of the subjects of the Northwestern Federal District in terms of the priority of the development of creative industries was carried out, which showed that at the moment only a small part of the regions of the Northwestern Federal District have relevant sections in the socio-economic development strategy (SSER), and even more so a specialized regional strategy and a plan for the development of creative industries. At the same time, there is a traditional presence of regional programs with elements of support for creative industries sectors, participation in federal programs of such support. The typical topics of the subsections of the SSER related to creative industries are analyzed, highlighting successful practices in the regional development of creative industries. The latest trends in federal and regional rulemaking in the field of creative industries are shown, which are characterized by an intensification of the dynamics of adoption and implementation of normative legal acts. Organizational and methodological problems have been identified in terms of the specific implementation of existing measures to support creative industries in the regions. The correlation of the results of the author's analysis of the support of creative industries by the regions of the Northwestern Federal District and the complex factor of regulatory, financial, infrastructural and organizational support for creative industries included in the Rating of creative regions of Russia is shown.