Konstantin Charahchyan

The article compares the approaches of presidential candidates to solving the main problems of the country's economic development. The authors analyze speeches of the candidates and their election programs set out during the pre-election period. They reveal common and different positions of candidates on the problems of taxes, banking system, industrial sector of the economy, property rights, rates and factors of economic growth of the country.

The article is devoted to the issues of improving territorial strategic planning by clarifying its functions and structure, involving the population, business community, and public administration bodies in the processes of working out and implementing the development strategy of the regions. The authors analyze the content of the strategy of socio-economic development of Krasnodar Region for a long-term period; identify features that slow down its practical implementation.

The article examines a specific set of conditions of economic activities, leading to reduced efficiency. The set of such conditions is called an economic trap. Short-term result of economic activities in a situation of "trap" is a positive, long term negative. Financial risk in such a situation, the entity assesses as satisfactory and does not seek to avoid it. Varieties of economic trap: the pyramid, bubbles, microloans.In the last decade of XX century in Russia the traps financial market is formed basically as a "pyramid", in the first decade of the XXI century – the "bubbles", in the second decade as microloans.

The article discusses the model of economic policy of the regional authorities of the Russian Federation, which is aimed at creating favorable conditions for loyal enterprises. Allocated administrative and economic factors driving and constraining economic activity of enterprises at the regional level.