title: Economic Development of Regions in the Multiethnic Southern Russia
abstract: The article assesses the level and dynamics of the economic development of federal entities in the Southern Russian multiethnic and multicultural region. Most of these federal entities have geostrategic importance for Russia. The studies of past years suggest that high levels of social diversity tend to be associated with poor economic performance of a territory. Our study confirms the high level of interregional socio-economic inequality in territories of the North Caucasus Economic Region (wit
journal: Vestnik Volgogradskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta Ekonomika