PROSPECTS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE BELGOROD REGION AS A BORDER AREA

Abstract. Crisis phenomena in the modern economy of Russia, as well as the world as a whole, unstableinternational relations with sanctions, destabilization of the political situation in Ukraine cause the relevance of the study of the development of border regions as a sphere of interaction of neighboring states, depending on social and economic development, needs and level of conflict. It can cover trade, investment, agro-industrial complex; cross-border cooperation can develop in multiple areas, contributing to the development and strengthening of economic, cultural, humanitarian relations between the border territories of the Russian Federation and neighboring countries, facilitating the creation and effective development of economic and social infrastructure in the border areas. Due to the situation in Ukraine, the question arises of the need to study the influence of the unstable political and economic development of the neighboring state on the social and economic development of the Belgorod region as a border area. Main results: the features of the development of the Belgorod region as a border territory, the impact of the political and economic crisis in Ukraine on the socio-economic development prospects of the region, and the features of international cooperation of the neighboring regions at the present time are considered.Keywords: Social and economic development, border region, border, import, export, migration flow, embargo, patent