Regional laws and regulations governing the fight against corruption are taken as the basis for the
development of the substantive components of anti-corruption control. Anti-corruption control is traditionally considered only on the political and legal level. However, the trend of the last decade is an active study of anti-corruption control in the framework of economic sciences. The rationale for this is the direct impact of corruption on the state of the national and regional economies, including the microeconomic factor. Thus, in the framework of the presented article, the analysis is carried out not only on the federal but also regional level of anti-corruption control, including its importance in assessing private and public economic interests.
The article considers two groups of factors that determine the features of anti-corruption control in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. The author proposes to use the concept of “economic interest” in the formation of preventive measures to combat regional corruption.

The article proposes a method for calculating complex numerical estimates of digital educational resources
according to their importance and availability, the level of integration of the resource in the implementation
of basic educational programs and characteristics that reflect the role of the resource in increasing the motivation of students.
The normalization of indicators with their subsequent aggregation into complex numerical estimates is used to form estimates. Fuzzy linguistic variables are introduced, which allow distinguishing the level of complex assessments as markers of the effectiveness of digital educational resources based on quantitative indicators. The methodology is tested on 20 resources, the most widely used by educational institutions of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug – Ugra. The calculated comprehensive assessment of each of the resources for three groups of indicators allowed building a rating of their effectiveness for educational institutions of the okrug.

The article is devoted to the calculation and evaluation of the testing results for the use of pricedependent
demand management models for natural gas consumption at industrial enterprises in the Russian Federation. The results of the model application both for contracts operating with regional gas suppliers and
for contracts for the supply of natural gas from the commodity exchange are presented. The testing of contracts with regional suppliers using the example of a timber processing company in the Perm Krai made it possible to reduce gas purchase costs by 5.76 % of the initial cost, which is more than a million rubles in annual terms. The testing of contracts for the purchase of gas from the commodity exchange allowed us to obtain a 12 % reduction cost, which is significant for any industrial enterprise in Russia. The approval results of the demand management model for the consumption of electricity and natural gas at an industrial enterprise demonstrate the significant potential economic effects and confirm the high practical importance of the use of price-dependent power consumption

Modern business conditions make it necessary to attract investments in order to maximize investment
efficiency. To maintain efficiency, it is necessary to determine the investment goals of the enterprise. The article considers the background of the generating process for basic investment goals. Creating objective research requires solving problems of requirements engineering for generating strategic goals, taking into account the social trends of society. Consideration of investment activities in the obtaining of economic efficiency and the development of social effects is proposed. It has been revealed that it is the formation of strategic goals for a strategic perspective, taking into account the needs and capabilities of the enterprise that allows acquiring competitive advantages. The practical significance of the work is the development of methodological foundations in the field of investment analysis. Further research will allow adapting the requirements to a particular enterprise, considering the specific features of its business activities.

The social and economic development of the regions is the indicator of their economic security. One
of the most important tasks of the governing bodies is the monitoring of the economic security of the region
and the district based on economic security criteria expressed through a system of indicators.
The relevance of the issue is due to the fact that in the current economic conditions, characterized by
sanctions between countries, monitoring of the social and economic development of territories, the development and implementation of preventive measures aimed at ensuring economic security of regions, districts and the whole country take center stage. The research aims to study the role and place of federal districts in the social and economic situation of the country using the example of the Central and Northwestern Federal Districts. The rating of regions included in the district data, conducted by the “RIA Rating” Rating Agency using a set of indicators based on the results territorial development for 2011 and 2018, is analyzed. Such indicators as the gross regional product, consolidated budget revenues, inter-budget transfers, average monthly salary, etc. are given, which, according to the author, also characterize the level of the social and economic situation of the territories. As a result of the study, the ranking of federal districts is carried out and their role in the country's economy is shown.

The article describes the use of lean technologies (lean production) in enterprises of different production
volumes. The rare use of these technologies at Russian enterprises demonstrates the existing problems
for the implementation of lean technologies. The purpose of the research is to spread the experience of using lean technologies, determine the tools that are suitable for a particular enterprise, and determine the procedure for implementing the technologies under study. Objectives of the study are to review existing Russian experience of the technology use, efficiency and technological conditions for its implementation, and to identify problems associated with the use of technologies in small businesses and stages of application, given the existing plant conditions. Based on the expert evaluation, the main reasons for the failure of enterprises to implement lean manufacturing tools are identified. The stages for the introduction of lean technologies in small manufacturing enterprises are proposed, as well as the existing developments that can be used to reduce the material and energy resources of the enterprise are listed. The proposed stages of applying lean technologies will increase the number of small businesses that have optimized their losses and increased the efficiency of the “value stream”.

The subject of the research is the transformative role of gold in modern conditions. The aim of the
study is to identify the new role of this precious metal in the context of the development of the digital economy and its main potential. In order to achieve it, the methods of descriptive, problematic, evolutionary, comparative, functional analysis are used. Such tasks as the study of the main legal and project foundations governing the creation of the digital economy in Russia are solved. The reflection of the development of the monetary and financial spheres as a whole, as well as the changed role of gold, which is actively accumulating in our country are identified. The author concludes that precious metal can be used as a base for electronic money. As the main results the promising directions are formulated, which can ensure the maintenance of the role of gold as a warrant of macroeconomic stability of Russia in the conditions of the developing digital economy.

The unevenness of development and differentiation of Russian regions in connection with the access to
markets and financial deepening become a barrier for economic growth under the transition economy. The predominance of the banking sector in the structure of the financial market of the Russian Federation and the tightening of conditions in the credit market creates increased risks for the economic growth of peripheral regions. The purpose of the article is to study the influence of the financial market (bank lending sector) on the economy of the Altai Krai. A series of statistical data for the period of 2001–2016 are built to test the hypothesis about the connection between financial development and economic growth in the region. The research is based on the official data of the Russian Federal State Statistics Service and the official website of the Bank of Russia. It is revealed, that the trend of outstripping the growth of credit resources in the economy as compared with the growth of gross regional product during the period under study continued. According to indicators of financial depth, the development of the banking sector in the region is positioned at the secondary  level. While the increase in the depth of the financial market in the segment of banking capital in the region is highly correlated with a decrease in the growth of the gross regional product. According to the results of regression analysis, there is a negative dependence between the growth of gross regional product and financial depth indicators for the sectors attracting deposits and providing loans.

The article discusses issues related to resource-saving in the mining industry, as well as the connection between the interests of the enterprise and society in relation to nature management. In conditions of limited resources, the effective use of natural resources plays a crucial role, which indicates a reduction in losses during the extraction and processing of minerals, the reuse of their waste. The article describes the goals and objectives of resource-saving, systematizes the sources of losses and measures aimed at reducing the level of resource losses in mining enterprises. By reducing the level of losses and the use of lean production, the level of efficiency of the use of minerals increases. The main conditions promoting resource-saving at the mining enterprises are considered, and the systematization of the main stages of culture formation of resource-saving is carried out. A new model of resource-saving mining enterprise is recommended, which can become the basis for increasing the efficiency of its activities and reducing the impact on the environment.

The article discusses the creditability of small and medium enterprises that process agricultural products.
The analysis is based on a sample of 25 small and medium enterprises in the Republic of Tatarstan. We calculated indicators of current liquidity, absolute liquidity, independence ratio and some indicators of profitability. Looking at the result of liquidity ratios, it is noted that small and medium-sized enterprises that process agricultural products can discharge their liabilities in the short and long term. As for their autonomy, the calculated indicators show that these enterprises are financially dependent on loans. It is also considered that the activities of small and medium-sized enterprises processing agricultural products are cost-effective, but their sales costs are growing faster than sales revenues. The article concludes that these enterprises are not competitive in the market. We note that small and medium-sized enterprises have the opportunity to fulfill their obligations if the interest rate on the loan is less than 8 %. Thus, it is suggested to support small and medium enterprises with credit.

The entrepreneurial potential of the population is largely determined by how adults evaluate their intentions
in terms of creating their own business. The purpose of the study is to assess the existing indicators in 2018 that characterize the potential entrepreneurial activity of the population in different countries. The self-assessment of people on such factors as their ability and possibility to create their own businesses, entrepreneurial purposes, fear of failure, as well as the presence of familiar entrepreneurs are considered as the estimated indicators. The information from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor for 48 countries in 2018 is used. Three hypotheses using mathematical models representing the density functions of the normal distribution are tested. Five indicators of entrepreneurial potential are used to determine their average values for the countries under consideration. Countries with high and low values are identified. A comparative analysis of the entrepreneurial potential in the Russian Federation and foreign countries is carried out.

The organizational and economic mechanism of the agro-industrial complex in the current economic
situation is a factor that determines the conditions of activity of agricultural producers, the efficiency of their production, the financial status and, in general, the entire social and economic situation in the agricultural sector. The study of issues related to this kind of mechanism, its structure, as well as the evaluation of its effectiveness is relevant. The paper summarizes the known methodological approaches to the economic diagnosis of the organizational and economic mechanism of management. The object of the study is agricultural enterprises and organizations of Kurgan Oblast. The authors of the article apply general and special methods of scientific cognition such as abstract-logical, grouping, comparison, synthesis, economic and statistical. The scientific novelty of the research consists of the author's approach to the model evaluation of the effectiveness of the organizational and economic mechanism of management for enterprises, while the introduction of new indicators reflecting the efficiency of its use and results affect production, financial and management activities of farmers. The proposed method is justified by the calculations made on the example of agricultural producers in Transurals

Artificial intelligence is one of the defining drivers for all sectors of the economy. Artificial intelligence
does not only digitalize many processes, making them more efficient, increasing productivity and augmenting human capabilities. Its application and distribution can dramatically change many things from
the labor market to entire industries.
The article presents the results of the author's research and the analysis of artificial intelligence technologies and their resources for optimizing work with personnel. The author presents an attempt to correlate the possibilities and advantages of artificial intelligence technologies with functional needs in personnel management, indicating the optimal technologies for certain management functions. The study also allowed developing a logical scheme for the introduction of artificial intelligence in personnel management and presenting the author's classification of risks associated with it.