In recent years, a number of factors have emerged significantly focused attention on the problems and prospects for the development of Russian local self-government. This is the order of the President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin regarding the preparation of the new foundations for state policy in the field of local self-government; the introduction of a draft law on the general principles of local self-government organization in the country and, finally, the active dissemination of new forms of territorial structuring in the regions, such as agglomerations, economic zoning, various subregional entities, etc. All these tendencies relate to possible modifications in the activities of local self-government institutions. Using the example of a number of regions of Russia, the article examines the attempts of the subjects of the Federation to make certain changes in the interregional territorial structure and management of economic and social processes in order to ensure full and effective use of the municipal level potencial and the advantages of intermunicipal cooperation.

Such innovations, in particular, are implemented as the formation of special subregions, which represent a territorial and economic phenomenon that is formed outside agglomerations and that establishes a system of sustainable intermunicipal economic interactions.

The implementation of government programs often does not lead to the achievement of their strategic goals, to the solution of those socio-economic tasks for which they were developed. Based on the material of several state programs, the work shows that one of the significant causes of this problem is the inconsistency of the target parameters of state programs (indicators, measures, control events) with the strategic goals of these programs. The conducted research confirmed that in practice, the degree of consistency of indicators and measures (control events) of state programs with their strategic goals varies from program to program: a number of programs have approved irrelevant indicators that do not contribute to achieving the strategic goals of the relevant state programs. Another important reason for the failure to achieve both strategic and operational goals of government programs is the inconsistency of measures (control events) with the goals of government programs. The paper reveals the concept of inconsistency of goals in management, provides recommendations on the selection of agreed target parameters of government programs. A significant obstacle to improving the quality of government program management is the current methodology for evaluating the effectiveness of program implementation, according to which the main condition for the success of the implementation is the achievement of target values of indicators without taking into account the achievement of strategic goals.

The article is devoted to the issues of technological sovereignty of the Russian economy. The main condition for its provision is the targeted formation and development of the “knowledge economy” sector. An approach to measuring technological sovereignty in specific areas of technological development and types of economic activity is proposed. Based on the results of a regression analysis of the relationship between the costs of internal research and development and the gross added value of the “knowledge economy” sector, it has been established that there is a problem associated with the effectiveness of these costs and their subordination exclusively to the task of developing the knowledge economy. It is concluded that new approaches are needed to the formation of a knowledge economy, which should be significantly expanded primarily by increasing costs allocated to the development of new technologies, maintaining existing standard technological chains, and increasing the efficiency of these costs. The research methodology included empirical, comparative, structural and regression analysis, as well as the author’s developments in the field of quantitative measurements. The application of the author's methodology for assessing the “knowledge economy” in Russia on economic development is shown – in terms of scale and contribution to the growth rate.

The article examines the problem of the state’s social responsibility regarding the development of science and education in the country. University models are analyzed, as well as conceptual approaches to assessing the role and significance of modern education and science in various countries, including the Russian Federation. The current state of science is reflected, the dynamics of spending on scientific research in Russia is analyzed and an assessment of their levels in developed countries of the world is given. Problems and contradictions in the development of science and education in Russian society are formulated. The modern concept of state educational policy, which is being actively introduced into the scientific and educational practice of Russia provides a critical analysis. The authors come to the conclusion about the necessity to intensify the state’s stimulating policy in the field of science and education.

Since 2018, the electric power industry has been undergoing an evolutionary restructuring of approaches to the formation of regulated tariffs. In particular, the government of the Russian Federation passed a decree introducing new rules of sales markups of GESs using the analogue comparison method. It provides for normalization of operating expenses. All participants in the electricity market and state executive authorities needed to reconfigure with reference of a radical transformation of approaches to tariff regulation. The authors of the article focus on the assessments lack of the reconfiguration results and the small volume of recommendations for expanding the use of yardstick regulation.

The article summarizes the results of the five-year period of the new tariff regulation approach of GESs. The authors also presented an assessment of the prospects for further use of the analogue comparison method in relation to electric grid enterprises. This was the purpose of the article.

To achieve this goal, the authors analyzed the results of the switch to the analogue comparison method. In particular, the article examines changes in sales markups: an increase in the sales markup median value of GESs has been revealed by 2–3 times since 2018, depending on the group of consumers. In conclusion, the authors proposed possible tools for adjusting and fine-tuning the method of analogues comparison in relation to the GESs activities. The article also gives the author's assessment of the prospects for expanding this method to other natural monopoly segments, including electricity transmission and distribution.

In this paper we propose a dynamic general equilibrium model on the basis of Sidrausky's model, which takes into account the process of formation of inflationary expectations by consumers and firms. As a result of the model analysis we obtain that higher expected inflation rate leads to the lower output per employee. The article also provides a comparative characteristics of the impact of the monetary policy on the long-term equilibrium, depending on the formation of inflationary expectations of economic agents and the policy of setting the Central Bank's key rate.

In the context of the discussion on deglobalization in economic literature, that has been intensified by the slowdown in globalization processes since the early 2010s, there was made an attempt to systemize the key challenges of the world economy at the current stage. Three enlarged clusters of global meta-risks were identified: the rise of protectionism, geopolitical uncertainty, digitalization challenges. Their consideration was based on the scheme of structuring the consequences that arise for and from the activities of the GVCs. The main conclusion was that our present reality remains as codependent world.

The article presents a theoretical understanding of the concept of access to foreign markets in the context of market studies. It is determined that market access is a condition of the economic situation (conjuncture) formation, which has an impact on the elements of the reproduction process. The analysis of this category is necessary within the framework of market studies to complete the task of assessing the current and potential market capacity. The dependence of market access on the state of economic situation in the short and long term is analyzed, including in the context of the descending wave of the long economic cycle since the beginning of the second decade of the 21st century. The inverse relationship is also traced – the state of the conjuncture dependence on market access. Different approaches to market access research are shown depending on various types of forecasts. The issues of access to foreign markets and competitiveness in the system of market studies are differentiated. The problem of determining the primary source of success of export activities – the availability of competitive products or favorable market access conditions – is revealed; the author's view is presented.

The research is devoted to the nexus between economic development and environmental pollution in the BRICS countries. Within the framework of the study, the hypothesis of the Kuznets environmental curve was not verified, but Russia and China have the greatest potential to reach the income level where economic growth is able to "take care" of the environment. Applying the advanced econometric method of Driscoll–Krayy panel data analysis, we found that GDP per capita growth, industrialization and urbanization are the factors most responsible for environmental degradation in the BRICS countries, while the inflow of foreign direct investment, developed financial sector, active integration into the global space, environmental policy and the use of alternative energy sources contribute to environmental improvement. As for the policy implications, the BRICS countries should direct their efforts to create the most favourable conditions for FDI, deepen the financial sector, intensify environmental policy and develop the alternative energy sector.

The article presents the results of the analysis of the main macroeconomic indicators characterizing the state of tourism in Russia in 2018-2022 and its contribution to the national economy. It is shown that currently there is a positive trend in the development of the tourism industry. At the same time, the recession, which was primarily the result of the COVID-19 pandemic, has not yet been completely overcome. There is also a significant differentiation in the scale of the tourist market in the context of the federal districts of the Russian Federation. The need for solutions aimed at further unlocking the potential of the tourism industry, primarily related to increasing investments in the fixed capital of the industry, the implementation of which will lead to strengthening the role in the development of the national economy, was noted.