Does the coastal location of municipalities influence their innovation development?

The coastal regions are increasingly in the focus of contemporary academic research as economically favorable territories with high innovative potential. coastalization factor gets individual attention, influence which is registered various countries world a tendency population and economic activity to concentrate zone. However, there significant heterogeneity between areas, due natural climatic features affecting their development. This paper focuses on assessing differences readiness European part Russia innovation economy, taking into account geographical location (northern, northwestern, southern). study conducted at level municipalities across 6 Russia: Murmansk, Arkhangelsk, Leningrad, Kaliningrad, Rostov regions, Krasnodar Krai. methodology included an assessment 4 most important components economy: human capital, business environment, knowledge production, technological equipment. results showed degree spatial divergence terms for development economy both sample within them inter-municipal context. It revealed that concentration potential region largely result cross-influence agglomeration factors. In case complementary municipalities, latter characterized by relatively higher than inland ones. true northern, southern Russia.