Far east development strategy: (not) typical case of modern Russian regional policy

The main subject of the research in this article is the development policy of the Far East as one of the aspects (components) of the strategy of pivot to the East, declared and implemented by the country's leadership from the beginning of the 2000s. The case of Russian policy related to the development of the Far East has a scientific and practical interest in two respects. On the one hand, as a means of ensuring success in Russia's general pass to Asia, on the other, as an example, allowing judging the content, basic approaches and principles of modern Russian regional policy as a whole. The main features and peculiarities of this policy are considered by the authors in the context of the discussion about the so-called new paradigm of regional policy that is unfolding in recent years. The article analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of the new regional policy, and evaluates its effectiveness.