METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO AN ASSESSMENT OF INTERREGIONAL DIFFERENTIATION ON A LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT OF INFORMATION SOCIETY
Development of information society in Russia has both natural advantages, and objectively existing difficulties caused by a geographical position and the area of our country, disproportions in social and economic development of regions. In article methodological approaches to an assessment of extent of differentiation of regions on a level of development of information society are considered. The typological groups of regions on a level of development of information and telecommunication technologies (further - ICT) which allowed to determine structural consistentpatterns of development of the sphere of ICT in Russia are revealed. Results of the analysis can form a basis for carrying out further state measures for modernization of the sphere of ICT and reduction of regional distinctions.