Vol. 1 No. 2 (2020)

The article deals with the history of the evolution of antitrust regulation policy and the transformation of the competition authority in post-Soviet Russia over the past thirty years of existence. Four enlarged stages of architectural changes, tasks and powers of the Antimonopoly authority are identified, and the main changes in legislation and powers of the FAS of Russia are described. The article presents statistical characteristics of the reviewed cases based on signs and facts of violation of the Antimonopoly legislation of the Russian Federation for the period 1996-2019. Brief explanations and reasons for the emerging dynamic changes are given. The article describes the problematic provisions and prospects for the transformation of the Antimonopoly policy and powers of the FAS of Russia in the post-tandem period.

The article concerns the issue of the effectiveness of institutional changes of imported institutions in public administration. The criteria for classifying institutions as imported are shown. A review of existing approaches to evaluation the effectiveness of institutional changes is made and the choice of an index approach for analyzing the effectiveness of institutional changes at the macro level in dynamics is substantiated. In relation to the Russian government reform, the planned and actual values of the GRICS (WGI) indices and the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) are presented and possible reasons explaining the lack of progress in these areas of the development of the public administration reform in Russia are shown. The importance of the microeconomic foundation of macro-effectiveness in relation to administrative reform in Russia and the element-based institutional analysis of the consequences of the introduction of imported institutions for improving institutional design and economic policy is described.

The administrative reform introduced market-based management methods that have proven effective in the private sector of the Russian Federation's Armed Forces. This innovative method of public administration was considered to be outsourcing, which was supposed to help save financial resources and free management structures from their uncharacteristic functions. An analysis of the practice of outsourcing in the Russian army showed that instead of saving money, there was a multiple increase in the cost of services received on the market, and its use in the Armed Forces increased threats to national security. There is an urgent need to find out the reasons for this problem and ways of its’ solution.

The research analyzes scientific approaches to solving applied problems of public administration information support. The article provides scientific evidence that the study of information and communication support issues at the present stage of society development takes place in the context of mutually dependent changes in management and communication paradigms. The directions proposed in the course of the research include the development of electronic public administration, improvement of information support for management and service procedures, and the use of modern information and communication support.

The article examines the practice of making optimal management decisions, the essence of various approaches that enhance the effectiveness of the organization, examined the choices most probabilistic variants of existing together, explores alternative operational and strategic decisions, which particular perspective can positively influence the transformation of the organization, its competitiveness in the strategic period.

The article identifies factors that influence the nature of the process of interaction between business entities and public authorities. The authors identify traditional and electronic tools that can be used by business entities for GR-interaction with public authorities. According to the results of the study, it was proved that in the digital transformation of public administration and all spheres of public life, new opportunities open up for the further development of GR management. In conclusion, the key problems of the development of GR management in the Russian Federation are formulated, ways to solve them are proposed. The reported research was funded by Russian Foundation for Basic Research, grant №19-010-00103.

The article discusses the causes and effect of the change that happened in the main functioning blocks of the Human resource management occurring in the conditions of large-scale introduction of technologies of the fourth industrial revolution and formation of the digital economy. It is noted that the main drivers of the changes in HR approaches and technologies are fast development of new information and communication technologies; the formation of a gig economy and the associated increase in the popularity of new forms of precarious and part-time employment; paradigm transformation of the workers management paradigm and professional zapping; changing their ideas about the ideal labour market behaviour model. Based on research conducted among enterprises and organizations of the Southern Federal District, the conclusion about regional features of new (including digital)HR management tools were made.

The article considers the prospect of the establishment of world-class scientific and educational centers as new drivers for the development of Russia's innovative economy. The primary role of the innovation accelerator goes to the regions that provide a synergistic effect for the economic breakthrough and achieve the strategic objectives of the country's development. The concept of the scientific and educational centers is based on the idea of creating a unique environment that promotes the smooth conduct of scientific and innovative activities.

When developing a strategy for the development of a municipality, it is necessary to determine the stages of the subsequent implementation of the strategy. The stages should reflect a focus on the starting conditions in which the achievement of the set goals is first achieved, provide for the development of the municipality at the final stage of the implementation of the strategy, and determine intermediate development guidelines. The work shows that at the first stage of strategic development, the formation of goals is associated with the analysis of factors of the external and internal environment of the municipality, at the second - orientation toward the Mission should be provided, and at the third - at the formation of goals based on the image of the ideal state of the municipality - Visions.

The article analyzes the existing approaches and methods to assess the effectiveness of public management in the world practice. The quality management model Common Assessment Framework (CAF) and the Russian EPUS (Effective Public Service) created on its basis are analyzed, advantages and disadvantages, prerequisites necessary for the successful implementation of these models in Russian realities are highlighted. The integral Governance research indicator country snapshot (GRICS) and its components are considered, the graphical analysis of the Russian Federation's position in this rating in 2002-2018 are conducted. The features of the assessment of the Opacity index and the Public Integrity Index are investigated. The key disadvantages of methods for assessing the effectiveness of public management are justified and highlighted: ambiguous nature and complexity of measurement due to the lack of information base of the indicators used, internal unavailability of the public management system and subjective approach to the assessment.

The article considers the role of an effective contract as a flexible tool for motivating research and innovation activities of the University's teaching staff. The analysis of the components of an effective contract, which are the most important criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of an individual scientific and pedagogical worker, and the educational organization as a whole, is carried out. The characteristics of criteria for evaluating labor efficiency are revealed. The article presents the results of the influence of effective contract practice on the specification of working conditions and conditions, improving the competitiveness of educational institutions, creating a healthy socio-psychological climate, corporate environment, and motivating the development of creativity in professional activities. The author substantiates the hypothesis that with the implementation of effective contracts, there will be institutional changes in the University environment.

The article is devoted to the study of problems of stimulating business and social initiatives of the population based on the use of modern information technologies. It was found that the existing information space of the system of collective interactions is characterized by a high degree of "dispersion" of information on individual sites. The format of "presentation" of initiated projects is low-effective. This is a constraint on the development of business and social initiatives. The solution to these problems is proposed on the basis of combining information flows within a single information platform. The article suggests the design of this platform. Its functionality allows not only to stimulate business and social initiatives, but also to allow local authorities to get information about the social attitudes of citizens.

Currently, the search for internal resources for the development of the country's economy as a whole and of each individual region is quite relevant. In this regard, it is advisable to pay attention to such a specific subsystem of the national economy as ethnoeconomics. The article is devoted to the study of the conceptual foundations of the theory of ethnoeconomics, that is, the subject, method, concept, principles of construction and fundamental categories of this scientific theory through the prism of modern transformations in the economy. The interpretation of the conceptual foundations of the theory of ethnoeconomics entails the strengthening of the cognitive potential of this theory and its applied capabilities.

Achieving the goals and objectives aimed at accelerated development of the Russian Federation's fisheries sector is possible only by creating mechanisms of state regulation that increase the investment attractiveness of the fishing industry, updating and modernizing fixed assets and infrastructure, including the construction of a modern fishing fleet and high-tech fish processing enterprises, increasing the depth of processing of fish products and increasing the share of these products in export deliveries. The article analyzes the regulation of the country's fisheries sector. The problems of legislative support for the development of the fishing industry are identified. It is precisely the improvement of the mechanism of state regulation in this sector of the Russian economy that is becoming an objective condition and need for the practice of its modern market economy. The current situation of the country's fishing fleet is assessed.

The article analyzes the existing system of state support for the agro-industrial complex of the Russian Federation, explores its development trends and proposes to transform the support mechanism for business entities through the formation of an integrated system for creating and implementing priority projects in the agricultural sector with the participation of flexible integration associations. The proposed approach can become the basis for the development of priority areas, uniting around itself mutually beneficial all interested economic entities.

The necessity and possibility of using digital economy technologies and tools for their implementation in healthcare, in particular, pharmacy, are Studied. The features of using such digital economy tools as blockchain, big data, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of things in the pharmaceutical industry are studied. The study of the possibility of using technologies in the digital economy and their tools allows us to draw conclusions about the real prospects of reducing labor costs, reducing the cost of production and delivery of medicines, the impossibility of selling counterfeit and counterfeit medicines on the pharmaceutical market.

The article analyzes the problems of the northeast passage using as an alternative transport route for the delivery of goods to European markets. The main natural-economic, financial and other factors that prevent the active operation of NEP are considered. Taking into account changes in the current geopolitical situation, promising measures to minimize them are proposed.

Elaboration and development of youth policy and youth entrepreneurship in Russia are described in the article. In particular, the problems of regulatory support of youth policy and youth entrepreneurship, as well as the delimitation of powers of the bodies responsible for youth policy and institutions supporting entrepreneurship, are disclosed. The experience of state regulation of youth policy in Germany is presented. Based on Russian practice and German experience, the directions of development of youth policy and youth entrepreneurship in the Russian Federation are formulated.

The article deals with the main directions of the impact of economic and political sanctions on the economy of the Russian Federation. First of all, the reasons for the introduction of restrictions and their varieties are investigated. The article analyzes the number of individuals and legal entities included in the sanctions lists, as well as the impact of anti-Russian sanctions on various sectors of the economy. Considered change rate of the ruble against the dollar and Euro over the period 2013-2019. In conclusion the prospects for the domestic economy in terms of sanctions impact Europe, USA and Canada.

The development of industry in modern conditions plays a key role in maintaining the economic security of the state at a high level. Effective investment policy is a guarantee of modernization and digitalization of equipment and technologies of the metallurgical industry, also contributes to improvingof product quality, skills development, job creation, high competitiveness of domestic enterprises and growth of gross domestic product. The article considers the current situation of economic security, analyzes the possible threats. The structure of gross value added and the volume of investments into fixed assets in industry is shown. The article presents a methodology of improving the efficiency of the investment policy of metallurgical enterprises aimed at stabilization and economic security and improvement of the current situation.

The article is devoted to the consideration of economic associations in the specifics of the formation and development of the institutional structure of the modern market transformation. The possibility of interaction between business entities is particularly attractive for improving business associations in the structure of institutional change. The system characteristics of economic entities are considered in the direction of transformational development of the economic potential of medium and large associations. It shows the strengthening of institutional influence on the formation of the concept of economic interpenetration of economic associations in the new conditions of socio-economic relations, with the functioning of the incentive of economic impact on the specifics of economic reform.

The article is devoted to the analysis of the development of the cryptocurrency market in modern economic conditions and the prospects for the issuance of digital currencies by central banks, the opportunities that are formed for wholesale and retail payments in the economy. The risks associated with this financial innovation are highlighted and measures to minimize them are proposed.

The article emphasizes the aspects justifying the relevance of the study of social and labour relations (STO) in the stated context. A detailed structure of social and labor relations at the enterprise is presented, involving the allocation of five constructive and five destructive types of STO; Their key parameters (indicators of STO types) are highlighted (justified). The original methodical instrumentation, which accumulates two author 's methods: structural analysis of social and labor relations, intended for identification of priority profile of STO types, and transformational analysis aimed at diagnostics of levels of structural changes of STO, is proposed and illustrated on conditional examples. The applied directions of use of the methods presented in the article are indicated.

The article represents the analysis of the historical experience of cadastral valuation and its use in the Russian Federation. The cadastral valuation used to determine the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of land plots, their forms and types, use, ownership, is investigated in the article in the diachronic aspect in the context of tax problems.

The article examines some terminological and theoretical problems of implementing Russian anti-corruption policy, identifies theoretical inconsistencies between terms and definitions of socio-political realities, examines factors that reduce the effectiveness of anti-corruption policy, identifies the theoretical reasons for the multiplicity of approaches to defining the concept of corruption and replacing the concepts of fighting and countering corruption.

In the article, the author considers the specifics of the process of state formation through the prism of geopolitical influence, as well as a meaningful change in secession processes, their transformation. Also analyzing contemporary geopolitical and geo-economic reality, an attempt is made to identify and comprehend the characteristics of the conflict potential of state-forming processes of the European Union.

The relevance of this article is due to the fact that after the entry of Crimea into the Russian Federation in 2014, the process of ethno-political mobilization of the Crimean Tatars intensified. For the Crimean Tatars, Crimea is a historical homeland, in connection with which they try to act as the main political force in this region. Crimean Tatars and Turkey have deep cultural and historical ties that unite Turks and Crimean Tatars. The Turkish political elite, in turn, does not miss the chance to influence the Crimean Tatars in order to strengthen its position in the Black Sea region. This article discusses the main factors of ethno-political mobilization of the Crimean Tatars, the participation of the Turkish elite in this process, as well as the main interests of the Turkish elite.

This article describes the concept and specifics of the influence of sports, analyzes the relationship between politics and sports. It was revealed that sports and sporting events actively influence the formation and development of the political potential of the state. In addition, the article notes that sport can be considered on the basis of four characteristics of the impact on the development of the state. One of the most significant characteristics at the present stage of social development is sports - as an instrument of “soft power”. The article identifies the positive and negative characteristics of sports as an instrument of “soft power” on the territory of the Russian state.

The article analyzes the influence of political activity on the formation of political consciousness among political subjects and social groups of society, as well as the relationship, role and importance of political activity and the development of political consciousness. The political consciousness is examined through the prism of political activity in the political process as a factor and the basis for the creation of the political environment by political actors and, in particular, the ruling elite. The author determines importance and significance of political activity as a factor of the development of political consciousness and its individual types in the process of activity of political subjects and the ruling elite in the political system of society.

The article analyzes the interconnections of the elitological factors of the hybrid warfare and organized crime with such concepts as the “fifth column”, “color revolution”, terrorism, misinformation, political and economic sanctions, as well as explores the essence and characteristic features of hybrid technologies. The authors propose certain steps to optimize state policy to counter the diverse spectrum of threats posed by the hybrid warfare against Russia in order to ensure national security.

In connection with the reform of the education system and the active development of information and communication processes within the educational organization, changes are taking place in the management system of educational organizations. The authors of the work in the framework of this study consider the external and internal aspects of the social management of information and communication processes in an educational organization. Within the external aspect, two levels of management are distinguished - state and organizational. The internal aspect of social management involves the direct management of human resources - the personnel of the educational organization, which takes place at the pedagogical and student level.

This article is devoted to the problem of understanding the regime of self-isolation as a factor in the deprivation effect on the social health of the Russian population, limiting social life. Under the threat of a coronavirus pandemic as a result of restrictions, deformations or terminations of social contacts and interactions that are significant for various groups of the population, as well as because of self-isolation, social deprivation occurs, which has a negative impact on the social health of the population.

The article presents the results of an interdisciplinary study of formal social institutions in the management of condominiums, carried out by analyzing official documents - the protocols of general meetings of owners of premises in apartment buildings in Novosibirsk. The analysis of the protocols was carried out according to such parameters of general meetings as role decomposition (initiators, chairman and secretary, counting committee), spatio-temporal parameters (location and form, frequency and duration, place of collection and storage of documents), eligibility (quorum) and problematics (agenda). As a result, the study revealed the features and trends of general meetings of two different groups of condominiums by the Dunbar number - small, medium and multistorey (up to 150 apartments) and high-rise (more than 150 apartments).

In connection with the expansion of the “knowledge” paradigm by supplementing this paradigm with a “competency” component, as well as the use of distance learning systems in education, the authors of the article address the issues of competency-based approach in the preparation of a sports teacher for a distance learning system. Based on the Federal State Educational Standard of Higher Education on physical culture and sports and the features of the distance learning system, the authors of the article consider that such competencies as information and communication, computer literacy, knowledge of psychological and pedagogical principles in organizing training process, the ability to apply various forms of organization of the educational process.

The purpose of this article is to explore the role of visual information sources in modern society. Virtualization and visualization processes have created a new social reality that has changed the daily lives of individuals. An analysis of these processes, due to the growing popularity of social networks, is devoted to the work presented. In addition to instant transmission of information, visual sources can influence the consciousness of individuals and social groups by broadcasting new norms and values and shaping public opinion. The positive and negative effects from these processes tried to describe and evaluate the authors in their study.

The article analyzes the leading theoretical views of the English philosopher Herbert Spencer, one of the leading theorists of positivism, the founder of the organic school of sociology and pragmatic ethics. The basic provisions of his synthetic philosophy are considered, the strengths and disputes of his concept are analyzed; special emphasis is placed on the development of the theory of social institutions and ethical problems. The author notes that social institutions were for the first time classified and analyzed from the point of view of evolutionary theory, as well as considered on a vast historical and ethnographic material: the more complex society becomes, the more significant role social institutions play and social and ethical problems are actualized.

In the period of the emergence of a new post-industrial type of society the study of the political culture of state civil and municipal servants becomes relevant and, accordingly, the development of their political language as its' element. The article justifies the essence of the political language of state civil and municipal servants from sociological positions. The author developed characteristics that should correspond to the political language of state civil and municipal servants of post-industrial society and proposed a number of recommendations for forming the described characteristics.

There is study of identity processes in city environment of Dagestan. According to the results of research, respondents have weak city identity in compare with other types of social identity. There is republic identity in mass consciousness of city population of Dagestan though state-civil (Russian) and religious types of identity are important. Causes of the existence of such position are in policonfessional and poliethnical characters of cities of the republic, and in mosaic character, it leads to weak significance of city identity in mass consciousness of respondents. Moreover, causes of weak position of city identity are in domination of negative emotional attitude to city environment in respondent values because of dissatisfaction of social, economic and ecological situation in the cities of Dagestan. However, there is understanding of territory of residence as small motherland in mass consciousness. There are understanding of the necessity of maintenance of tolerance between nations and confessions, and maintenance of intensive communication between ethics and in common, it promotes maintenance of stability and positive relationship between ethnic groups. Moreover, according to the results of research there are positive social stereotypes in mass consciousness of city population of Dagestan, which are key factors in maintenance of positive relationship. However, respondents in cities have negative attitude toward the territory of their living with motivation that there are no opportunities for self-realization mostly for the youth.

In this article, the author considers the system of classification of performance indicators that can be applied by the Ministry of culture of Russia for conducting inspections in relation to state museums and libraries, taking into account all the features of external control in relation to state cultural institutions. The unified system defines initial benchmarks, goals, and tasks for achieving a certain result during the verification process. The author identifies the following classification features of performance indicators: measurement methods, units of measurement, purpose of use, relationship with certain success factors, the extent of coverage of evaluation areas, the size of the evaluation area, the main purpose of the indicators, the type and basis of the audit. It should be noted that in the process of management and internal audit, cultural institutions themselves can also apply these indicators to determine the effectiveness of their activities, supporting them with conclusions and the necessary measures to be taken to eliminate the identified problems. Taking into account the relationship between internal control and external to the Museum or the library Fund of the Russian Federation, the use of a uniform system of indicators will facilitate more productive interaction between the individual subject and object control, as well as to build a better quality management within a particular organization undergoing verification. In this article, the author considers the system of classification of performance indicators that can be applied by the Ministry of culture of Russia for conducting inspections in relation to state museums and libraries, taking into account all the features of external control in relation to state cultural institutions. The unified system defines initial benchmarks, goals, and tasks for achieving a certain result during the verification process. The author identifies the following classification features of performance indicators: measurement methods, units of measurement, purpose of use, relationship with certain success factors, the extent of coverage of evaluation areas, the size of the evaluation area, the main purpose of the indicators, the type and basis of the audit. It should be noted that in the process of management and internal audit, cultural institutions themselves can also apply these indicators to determine the effectiveness of their activities, supporting them with conclusions and the necessary measures to be taken to eliminate the identified problems. Taking into account the relationship between internal control and external to the Museum or the library Fund of the Russian Federation, the use of a uniform system of indicators will facilitate more productive interaction between the individual subject and object control, as well as to build a better quality management within a particular organization undergoing verification.

The article analyzes various approaches to determining the essence and content of the concepts of “efficiency” and “quality” in public administration and in the provision of state and municipal services. The key characteristics and criteria that form the basis of the approaches are determined. Both economic and social aspects are considered in determining the effectiveness and quality of the provision of state and municipal services from the position of service provider, which is the state represented by the authorities, and from the position of consumers (recipients) of services and their needs.

Improving the functioning of a military organization involves the transformation of its functional structure in order to qualitatively protect the state from new challenges and threats to national security. Social processes in transforming societies are determined by the complication of differentiation of the social structure, the growth of "role pluralism." To describe the level of differentiation of a military organization, its stratification is applied using a functional approach. The article presents the stratification structure of the organization in question, distinguished in accordance with the indicators of military rank, level of education, qualification, power, and military command link. The description of the structural elements of the military social system, indicators of the status of a serviceman is given. The study of the stratification division of the military organization also allows us to characterize the degree of inequality of the social groups of the military collective.

In modern conditions, the functioning of the volunteer organization and the entire system of volunteer activity is influenced by the process of learning the basics of volunteer activity, and at the same time the development and promotion of volunteer activity directly depends on the use of information technologies. The article describes the possibilities of the educational platform «Dobro.University» to promote volunteer activities. The content of this resource is revealed, and its role for the system of volunteering in the Russian Federation is characterized. Based on the analysis of the educational platform «Dobro.University» and in order to effectively implement volunteer activities, the author proposed a scheme of interaction between consumers and content providers of this resource.

Until recently, one of the most important levers of influence on the activities of economic entities in the field of heat supply was the tariff policy. The tariff methodology used previously in Russia in the field of heat supply and the current system of accounting for the consumption of resources cause their irrational use by both the subjects of the market of natural monopolies and consumers. The article examines the current state of pricing and heat supply policy in Russia. The identified problems of the financial and economic state of heat supply enterprises are mainly due to the current pricing system. The disadvantages of the methodology and the benefits of introducing a new, more effective policy for heat supply enterprises, which is called incentive regulation when switching to prices determined by agreement of the parties in the field of heat supply, are considered. The features of the regulatory support of these processes are analyzed. Possible limitations associated with conducting transactions between related parties have been identified.

The article analyzes the specifics of the functioning of political elites in the modern world. We consider the obvious and hidden factors that contribute to the renewal of political elites. It is concluded that the dominant position in the renewal of political elites in the modern world belongs to economic and political factors. However, these factors do not exhaust all the originality of modern realities, and information and communication components also play an important role in the political games of international and national elites. The forms of interdependence of politics and economy are highlighted: external, internal, and hidden.

The article reveals the content of health-saving behavior from the perspective of sociological science, characterized by a system of actions aimed at preserving and improving health. The study of the problems of social conditionality of health in the context of various sociological trends allowed us to identify such structural elements of health-preserving behavior as the social environment, the subject, goals, means and results. The paper defines the role of social factors in the development of an individual's behavioral attitudes towards health. The goal of health-saving behavior is to achieve the preservation and improvement of the state that allows normal functioning in society.

The relevance of assessing the innovative potential of the region is that within the framework of changes in the economic system due to the influence of digital technologies and increasing competitive advantages of the region, the goal-oriented innovation system of long-term development is one of the dominant structural elements of the socio-economic system of the national state as a whole. The purpose of the analysis of innovation systems presented in the southern regions of the Russian Federation - the Rostov region and the Krasnodar territory, is to determine their impact on the national potential of the innovation economy. The article describes the author's application of methods of econometric modeling, correlation and regression analysis for calculating the research Methodology allowed to achieve a complete understanding of the picture of innovative development of the Russian economy, to identify its main trends, opportunities and limitations.

The article considers the importance of interaction between public authorities and society. It also analyzes the legal framework, regulating the activities of civil society organizations of the Russian Federation and their role as channels of public influence on the government. The role of socially oriented non-profit organizations of the Russian Federation, as well as the possibility of their public control is revealed. The role of the state in the development of the third sector is defined. The positive and negative aspects of the current legislation are considered. The need to adjust the basic laws in order to improve the efficiency of non-profit organizations that will be able to establish a dialogue between civil society and the existing public authorities is revealed.

The article considers two codependent features of the ruling political elite in modern Russia. First: the main strategic elements used in foreign policy by the ruling elite. Second: the conservative program as a context for the application of foreign policy strategy by the Russian political elite. In addition, the analysis of the specifics of the foreign policy aspect through the prism of the conservative program takes into account the influence of the concepts of the Russian world, public diplomacy, and "collecting land", since the goal declared by the ruling elite in the form of building a sovereign state is their logical consequence. The common basis that unites all these components is the orientation of the Russian ruling political elite in the implementation of a conservative program in foreign policy on expressive and affective ideologies, rather than rational and cognitive components.

This article discusses the impact of electronic participation of citizens (electronic participation) on decision-making by state authorities. The necessity of using electronic participation of citizens and the prospects of electronic participation in general are considered. The article gives an assessment of the mechanisms of electronic participation of citizens used in the Russian Federation, suggests that the assessment of the development of electronic participation is incorrect in terms of a three-level model of electronic participation.