The purpose of the article is to assess the effectiveness of the implementation of public sectoral policy on the example of public healthcare in comparison with the development of the civil service system in this sector. We use the methodology of factor analysis, i. e. economic-statistical methods, regression-correlation analysis, principle component analysis, as well as the historical-comparative method, which allows tracing long-term trends in the development of the sector and the sectoral civil service system.
We collected a large array of empirical data describing the development of public healthcare and civil service in the healthcare administration during the period of political transit in Russia. For the first time, we have studied the development of national healthcare beginning with the crisis of the Socialist policy in the mid-1980s and up to the present time. We offer new methodology for calculating indices, which makes it possible to simultaneously evaluate the efficiency of the sectoral development and the sectoral bureaucracy, based on objective statistical data.
The consistent pattern exists of conformity in the development of the public healthcare sector and the civil service system. At the same time, we proved that during post-Soviet years did not occur in the real development of healthcare in Russia: the sector entered a protracted crisis and only in the very last period returned to the initial level, but at a very slow rate. We concluded that the healthcare system is currently developing at a faster pace than the civil service system that manages it. The level of organization and staffing in the public healthcare apparatus basically meets the needs of the current development, but does not contribute to the formation of a strategic sectoral policy.

In the article questions of public administration of investment attractiveness of territories are considered. It is shown that among problematic issues are digitalization, staffing and infrastructure development. The conclusion that creation of the preferential tax modes limits possibilities of bodies of authority and management on implementation of infrastructure projects that demands new approaches is drawn. Possibilities of use of an infrastructure mortgage as tool for development and reconstruction of infrastructure facilities are analyzed.

How to transfer power so that what has been created is not destroyed? This question is asked by politicians and business people from time immemorial. The problem of transferring power and management in general is relevant not only for monarchs, but also for business representatives. Provided that business is a family affair, the problem is doubled. The article analyzes various approaches to succession as a micro-policy process.

The article defines the concept and essence of the digital economy, the classical and broad interpretation of this concept. The article examines the place of Russia in the development of digital technologies and the reasons for its lagging behind the leading countries, as well as the benefits of the development of digital technologies for the national economy and social sphere. The OECD approach to the modern structure of the digital economy and the main EU initiatives in its development are presented. The key levels of the new program «Digital Economy of the Russian Federation», the priority project «Modern digital educational environment in the Russian Federation» and the tasks of personnel support of the digital economy development are analyzed.

Russia is actively engaged in the development of innovative technologies, which is confirmed by the adoption in July 2017 of the program «Digital Economy of the Russian Federation». Blocking technology and products based on this technology are the most approximate to the consumer. Crypto-currencies and Initial Coin Offering (ICO) based on them are used not only by large companies, but also by ordinary citizens. However, the peculiarity of this sphere in Russia is the absence of state regulation.
Based on the analysis of international and Russian experience in regulating digital technologies in the financial sphere, the authors formulated a number of proposals. In particular, to support the idea of the participants of the first Russian forum “Internet Economy” about creating a website where citizens can see who processes their personal data. The website can become a tool for handling consent to the processing of personal data.

Successful development of the whole country economy requires an increase in the rate of economic growth, including through the development and processing of natural resources of the Arctic, which can lead to negative effects on the environment. The Arctic macroregion plays an important role in protective the ecological balance of the planet. The sensitivity of Arctic ecosystems increases the likelihood of regional environmental problems becoming global. Therefore, ensuring environmental safety in the Arctic should be scientifically constructed and implemented on the basis of systematic measurements of a set of indicators of the environment state. The purpose of this study is the selection, justification and analysis of indicators in accordance with the goals to preserve the environment and ensuring environmental safety of the Arctic macroregion.
Five main tasks aimed at improving the state of atmospheric air, water resources, preserving biodiversity, developing and implementing environmental innovations and neutralizing production and consumption wastes were identified on the base of analysis of strategic planning documents in the sphere of environmental protection of the Russian Federation. The most fully characterizing indicators were substantiated for each task.
Analysis of a dynamic series of data on the proposed indicators made it possible to identify a number of environmental features in the regions of the Russian Arctic. Among them are a high level of atmospheric air pollution; insufficient wastewater treatment and weak savings in fresh water intake by enterprises; low supply of high-quality drinking water; a high level of waste generation from industry and consumption; a small proportion of protected areas in the total area in the Russian Arctic; a low level of introduction of environmental innovations. The obtained results can be used as a basis for developing recommendations for improving the efficiency of state policy in the Arctic in the sphere of ecology.
The proposed balanced system of indicators allows not only to assess the state of the environment and ensure environmental safety in the Arctic, but also to characterize the effectiveness of implementing the main objectives of environmental policy in relation to the macroregion.

The land areas covered by cities are growing rapidly in size in the 21st century, and huge urban agglomerations and megalopolises are becoming highly interconnected. Their functioning is impossible without rapid transportation modes providing the possibility to populations to move easily in the daily rhythms of life and commuting. This mobility has become an established “way of life,” growing hand in hand with increasing urbanism in the 20th century. As a consequence, mobility is now one of the most important subjects of research in a number of scientific disciplines.
This article analyzes different approaches to the theoretical research of mobility systems and assesses their practical effectiveness and efficiency. The approaches are evaluated as possible development ideas for the very unstable and underdeveloped mobility system in St.Petersburg, the second-largest city in Russia. Among other data, use is made of analytical reports and documents from Russian research centers and the municipal authorities of St.Petersburg.
The main research approach employs an analysis of comparative mobility systems, and it evaluates mobility as a crucial city life domain based on a mobility model developed by the author. The research results illustrate the character of the global mobility problem and the full inclusion of Russian cities into the modern context. They also provide a detailed picture of aspects of the problem which are relevant for St.Petersburg. The conclusion presents multiple ideas about the development rationality of city mobility systems: rail and computer controlled electric cars as possible solutions.

The main approaches to the formation of the strategy of harmonization of interethnic relations in the North-Western Federal District (hereinafter — NWFD) in the context of existing problems are considered. Formed the basic elements for the formation of a strategy for harmonization of interethnic relations, namely, legal, political, socio-cultural, economic. The statistical data that allow to draw a conclusion on the existence of a number of problems from the area of harmonization of interethnic relations in the Northwestern Federal District, including a low legal culture, gaps in legislation, insufficient communication between government and civil society, established national traditions and a high level of corruption of power. Approaches are proposed for forming a strategy for harmonizing interethnic relations taking into account the characteristics of the North-West Federal District.

The issue of improving the efficiency of customs control, while reducing the additional forms of customs control is the most acute and topical issues of practical activities of customs authorities.
The reserves of efficiency of the current risk management system are approaching the specified thresholds if not fully exhausted. Therefore, a fundamentally new approach to risk identification is required to significantly improve the effectiveness of the risk management system. The proposed concept of risk identification and assessment is based on the application of the mechanism of through-process customs control, involving the unification of information about the person being the declarant of goods, as well as the preliminary information about the imported consignment in the amount of information submitted when placing goods under the declared customs procedure with the Declaration of goods. The above features allow to introduce a subject-oriented approach of risk management system at all stages of customs operations in respect of goods imported into the customs territory of the Eurasian economic Union, and also significantly increase the share of formalized risk indicators, including semantic risk indicators, which are the basis for the application of forms of customs control. The introduction of the above risk indicators will ensure the transition to a qualitatively new level of customs control in respect of goods subject to other types of state control and also will lead to a significant increase in the effectiveness of the risk management system by increasing the proportion of identified target risk profiles.

In the conditions of the accelerated development of scientific and technical progress, and, first of all, information and computer technologies in scales not only one concrete country, and all set of the developed countries which are in a stage of a post-industrial service state, creation of intercountry communications, the great value is gained by a position of the higher education. Thus, institutions of higher professional education should become so-called points of growth or locomotives of growth of the level of application of information and computer technologies, algorithms for solving economic and management problems based on the use of economic and mathematical methods and models that students master in the process of studying the relevant disciplines. The main objectives of training in other disciplines, and especially management and economic complex is the application, consolidation and increase of knowledge, skills of digital technologies in the preparation of course work, final qualifying work, during research work as students in bachelor’s and master’s degree, and in graduate school. The level of computer-digital technology proficiency affects not only the validity of management and economic decisions in the production and financial and economic activities of economic entities, both commercial and non-commercial, but also on the research activities not only in higher education, but also abroad, in the field of fundamental and applied research, development. In addition, the need to master digital technologies is increasingly covering the daily life of the population, not only large cities, but also any settlements. Therefore, the strategic direction of development of Russian socio-economic processes, which is declared by the Government and the President of the Russian Federation as a priority, is the transition to a digital economy or digitalization of all life. Therefore, the development of educational guidelines for the solution of financial and economic problems and their application in the educational process is an urgent task, the solution of which allows to improve the level of competence of graduates of higher education in matters of digitalization not only in socio-economic activities, but also to use this knowledge and competence in all spheres of activity — cultural, environmental, scientific, technical and others.

In work project activity from the point of view of the theory of systems is analyzed, project assessment questions are considered, such characteristics of system as a metaphor “an elastic web”, types of complexity, an emergence and synergism, which are peculiar to teams are sorted, the phenomenon of resistance and mastering it taking into account system factors is analyzed.

The provision on triviality of the concept «public interest», and such options of his use as «the interest of the people», «the interest of the nation», «the interest of the class» is proved in article. It is noted that usually definition of this concept comes down to requirements and needs of some community that means that it in this case doesn’t bear in relation to them specific contents. On the other hand such definition of public interest contradicts understanding of interest of the personality which contacts its orientation. The unproductiveness of this concept is found and because society isn’t uniform education, and represents internally structured integrity which elements have an own need and needs.
Owing to this fact often found aspiration of politicians to speak on behalf of the interests of the people, is no more than rhetorical reception which isn’t expressing concrete contents. From here the conclusion becomes that in goal-setting of the politician a game the concept «interests of the people» has to be replaced with formulation of his own responsible choice concerning which he conducts dialogue with the population and which success has to be confirmed by concrete parameters of changes in various spheres of public life.
The attention that in the domestic cultural tradition reflected in the Russian religious philosophy, the philosophy of the interest understood in economic sense is replaced by service philosophy is paid.

The article discusses the main problems of applying strategies in Russia, gives an interpretation of the strategy, its purpose, as well as the advantages that arise when a strategy is developed. The structure of strategies and designated sectoral strategies is considered.
Aim. Determine the purpose and necessity of forming a strategy for the development of the product market.
Tasks. The analyze current programs for the development of the food market, regulatory support for the development of the food market.
Methods. Methodological database of general scientific methods, legislative acts of the Russian Federation, developed federal and targeted programs.
Results. Factors that indicate the need to formulate a strategy for the development of the food market are identified. Having a properly formed and working strategy, as the experience of the world countries shows, it is possible to talk about the existence of a clear path of development, following which, the goals laid down in the strategy will be achieved.

The emergence of the Internet says about the appearance of the virtual space in which the interaction of the state, society and business is held. The Internet society system is in constant development. The article shows that the digitalization of society means a set of network relationships, social institutions, technologies and technical means, connected within themselves and with each other through computer-mediated lines, as well as characterized by a single time and space.

The implementation of a new regional policy that ensures integrated development of territories, employment of the population, creation of the necessary revenue base of budgets, is the most important problem of public administration. The purpose of this study is to determine the mechanisms for taking into account the territorial specifics in the formation and implementation of regional policies. The article reveals the criteria for identifying the types of regions depending on the conditions and factors of socio-economic development, the formation of regional functions in the sphere of culture and tourism. The necessary conditions for the effective use of the tourist and recreational potential are described, and the criteria for typologizing the territories for the purposes of conducting regional policy by the state administration are proposed.

Goal. Given the modern aspects of building a strong brand, the strategic assets of companies are their trademarks, which, with good governance, act as revenue generators. Recently, the problems of implementing an investment project with minimal risks and high efficiency become more acute, as in the current market there are many limiting factors that negatively affect the successful development of the domestic brand. The purpose of the study in this article is to identify internal and external factors that limit development and reduce the competitiveness of domestic brands in the Russian market in modern conditions.
Methods. In the study, using qualitative analysis of available statistics and examples, the main barriers to the presence of domestic brands are considered. The main methodology for building the development strategy of the company is proposed by the well-known economiststrategist, professor V. Kvint and has been tested in practice for 45 years.
Results. As a result of this research, a comparative competitive analysis of brands in the world and in Russia was conducted, statistical data of a large analytical source on intellectual property of WIPO were analyzed, five main negative factors influencing the development of the national branding industry in Russia were identified.

The review of the unique monograph devoted to extremely relevant, but very difficult question — to extremism. Authors make a start from the fact that the problem of fight against extremism is insufficiently studied in the Russian and foreign social and political sciences, and make a significant contribution to the solution of this problem. The appeal to extremism in the Russian Federation should be considered understandable. This phenomenon is recognized as one of the most serious threats of national security of our country.