 The World Economic Forum's scenarios for the Russian Federation engaged more than 350 public and private sector leaders in a strategic dialogue on Russia's economic future. This process highlighted two main conclusions. First, in an uncertain external environment and given the current level of economic development, the main driver of growth in Russia is improving institutions. Second, Russia's regions may be important actors in driving forward these institutional reforms. Some regions already perform better than the country overall in improving conditions for business and their growth performance. Since its launch at the annual meeting 2013 in Davos we have further explored these key conclusions trying to analyse which concrete reforms have the greatest effect on growth and what success stories exist at the regional level. We hope that this contributes to a constructive discussion about what practical steps Russia can take in order to build a more resilient economy and fully unlock Russia's regions as drivers of growth.