Russia in the mirror of the global competitiveness indices

The paper considers the prospects of the country's development through the prism of the cluster concept application. Strengths and weaknesses of the Russian economy development are identified. It is possible to use the competitiveness index as an object of the cluster policy. The analysis of competitiveness on the basis of the Global Competitiveness Indices is carried out, threshold values are determined, and the first group of values can be used in competitiveness development programs and growth horizons, and the second group can be used to identify factors and threats, as well as to predict the critical level of economic security. It is determined that competition is a multilevel phenomenon manifested at different levels: macroeconomic, mesoeconomic, and microeconomic.