The Outline of the New State Policy Тowards Russian Cities and Urban Agglomerations
In the article necessity of state policy correction in relation to the cities in Russia towardsdecentralization and differentiation is stated. The mechanisms that allow to increase autonomy of the large cities and urban agglomerations are offered along with the corresponding calculations and expert estimates. Also attention is paid to the problems of absence at the state level of urban agglomeration concept and imperfection of state statistics concerning cities.