Аннотация:Purpose: to study the contradictions of innovative economic development and the means to address them; to developmethods for to create zones of support for innovation policy in the regions. We suggest using the cluster approach.The main advantage of a cluster is the synergistic effect of the production process, due to the high concentration ofhigh-tech industries and the use of the network structure of the combined activity of all components.Recommendations for the innovation economy development: to initiate the creation of zones to support Russianinnovation policy in the regions, rather than reformatting the entire Russian economy.