Logistics as one of the factors of economic development of the Russian Federation

The relevance of the problem under study is due to the need to grow the economy of the Russian Federation through the development of transport, infrastructure, improvement of logistics routes, the use of innovative developments, the use of cluster technologies. The purpose of the article is to recommend the creation of a transport and logistics system in Russia and the implementation of an innovative development path. The leading approach to the study of this problem is the use of the results of the analysis of foreign and domestic experience in economic management. The article provides conceptual directions for the development of the logistics system of the Russian Federation, the formation of a unified system of goods traffic, the creation of logistics infrastructure and on this basis – the rise of the entire economy. The ways of organizing and managing innovative development based on the cluster approach of integrating manufacturers with scientific institutions and suppliers, as well as the organization of competence centers managing innovative development are recommended. The materials of the article can be useful to employees of industrial enterprises, government agencies, as well as students and undergraduates of universities.