Table 12. The most dynamical Russian regions by investment potential*
Potential rank in 2000-2001xml:namespace prefix = o />
Regions with the greatest increase of potential rank
Changes of ranks in 2000-2001 to 1999-2000
35
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7
45
Kaluga region
5
9
Nizhny Novgorod region
63
Mordovian Republic
3
53
Chuvash Republic
55
Astrakhan region
64
Kabardin-Balkar Republic
69
Mariy El Republic
2
33
Kursk region
49
Penza region
72
Adygeya Republic
61
Northern Ossetia - Alania Republic
37
Udmurt Republic
Potential rank in 2000-2001
Regions with the worst decrease of potential rank
56
Kirov region
-2
11
Perm region
14
Chelyabinsk region
22
Primorsky kray
71
Magadan region
66
Sakhalin region
65
Novgorod region
-3
68
Kurgan region
39
Omsk region
30
Murmansk region
-4
44
Ulyanovsk region
50
Chita region
41
Komi Republic
-8
57
Dagestan Republic
-10
*Except Chechen Republic.
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