The OECD Reviews of Innovation Policy: Russian Federation offers a comprehensive assessement of the innovation system of the Russian Federation, focusing on the role of government. It provides concrete recommendations on how to improve policies that affect innovation performance, including R&D policies. It also identifies good practice from which other countries can learn.

Overall Assessment and Recommendations
-Introduction
-Achievements, shortcomings and challenges
-Guiding principles for policy
-Specific policy recommendations
Évaluation globale et recommandations
-Introduction
-Réussites, insuffisances et défis
-Principes directeurs pour l’action publique
-Recommandations spécifiques pour l’action publique
Chapter 1. Economic performance and framework conditions for innovation
-1.1. Economic performance: An overview
-1.2. International trade and foreign direct investment
-1.3. Specialisation and structural features of the Russian economy
-1.4. Framework conditions for innovation
-1.5. The role of innovation in Russia’s future economic development
-1.6. Innovation performance
-1.7. Conclusion
Chapter 2. Innovation actors
-2.1. Business sector
-2.2. Public research institutes
-2.3. Higher education institutes as research performers
-2.4. Human resources, education and skills
Chapter 3. The role of government
-3.1. Introduction
-3.2. Institutional profile and system governance
-3.3. Public funding of R&D: Trends and allocation patterns
-3.4. Strategic tasks of innovation policy: A functional assessment
-3.5. Concluding remarks