The article provides an overview of approaches to determining the operating efficiency of banks. Using the generally accepted classification of the bank's activities, the authors highlight methods of measuring the effectiveness of commercial bank’s activities, the most relevant in the current economic environment, their capabilities and limitations. The authors conclude that the balanced indicative system’s application allows conducting a comprehensive assessment of financial and non-financial aspects of the modern bank's activities, to determine the level of its effectiveness achieved and to identify the ways of further organization development.

The purpose of the article is to assess the impact on the regional economics of major sports events such as the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The relevance of the work is due to the need for the development of domestic tourism in Russia to diversify the structure of the economy and the analysis of the impact of major sports events on regional economics and on changes in tourist flows in the regions. The work focuses on the analysis of quantitative indicators, such as gross regional product, investments in fixed assets, tourist flows, financial indicators of service facilities (restaurants, hotels). The data from open statistical sources and methods of statistical analysis are used in the research. As a result, the authors found that the impact of the major sports events on regional economics is limited and in the short term does not lead to a steady increase in the
studied indicators. The differences in the dynamics of regional indicators of the capital and provincial regions are revealed. The provincial regions demonstrate the trend towards faster growth of tourist flows, despite lower investments in tourist infrastructure. It is also established that the regions did not use the FIFA World Cup host status to attract additional sources of investment.

The subject area of this study is the key features of technology integration in processing enterprises in the field of oil refining and petrochemicals. Assessment of the technology integration is aimed at strategic rationale under significant economic risks. In this regard, the key objectives of the study are the identification of causes and trends for technology integration of processing enterprises; the assessment of potential participants in technology integration in the field of oil refining and petrochemicals; the proposition of prospects for the future development of oil production and refining from the perspective of technology integration and digitalization. The research methodology is based on a synergetic approach. The main scientific result of the study is the
author's concept of “technological adhesion” for the simultaneous introduction and organic combination of production and digitalization technologies in the field of oil refining and petrochemicals.

The article considers the concept of sustainable development of enterprises in the real sector of the economy. This study aims to analyse the impact of sustainable development on the positive business reputation of enterprises in the real sector of the economy. The use of the author's approach based on an integrated system logical method made it possible to identify the application specifics of the concept “sustainable development” in order to form the business reputation of enterprises. The author systematized and supplemented the global goals of sustainable development. Based on the analysis, specific directions of the strategy for increasing the sustainability of the development of enterprises in the real sector of the economy are proposed, which will contribute to strengthening their business reputation. The practical significance of this work is that it can serve as a basis for further research in the direction that determines the relationship between the concept of sustainable development and the strategy that forms a business reputation, as well as be adapted to the requirements of a particular enterprise in the real sector of the economy, taking into account the features of its financial and economic activities.

The article is devoted to the current problem of regional development, which is the development of methodologic tools for assessing “green” transformation in the region's economy. The article considers the concept of “green economy indices” and its methodologic role. An analysis of existing Russian and foreign approaches to the assessment of the greening of economy is made and the use of a comprehensive approach for this research is argued. Criteria for assessing the degree of green economic transformation are identified. A methodological approach is proposed. It takes into account not only the objective indicators presented in the statistical reports of the Russian Federal State Statistics Service but also the attractiveness of subjective values of the local population. This makes it possible to assess the solution to environmental problems of the population in the region more adequately. The analyzed indicators of the green economy could be used in Russia for the development of methodological centers and systems of checking “green” projects in the regions to transform markets in the context of a transition to an environmentally friendly future.

The article is devoted to the study of the essence and content of the concept “business reputation”. This concept remains today insufficiently developed both in the theory of civil law and in terms of legislation. The paper critically analyzes the existing points of view on highlighted issues in the scientific literature and concludes that the legal nature of the business reputation is dual.

The article outlines the problem of terminological ambiguity when using the concepts “public associations”, “non-profit organizations” and “socially oriented non-profit organizations”. Despite the existence of legal definitions for these concepts, in reality, it is difficult to choose the right term, for example, during the preparation of regulatory legal acts. The author discusses the differentiation between the concepts of “public associations”, “non-profit organizations” and “socially oriented non-profit organizations”. The article defines the similarities between concepts and their fundamental differences. The author concludes that the main differentiation of concepts should be based on the nature of legal relations as the terms “public associations” and “socially oriented non-profit organizations” are used in public legal relations, whereas the term “non-profit organizations” is used in private legal relations. Moreover, the author considers it is important to use only these three concepts since they cover all organizations involved in the development of civil society in Russia and solving social problems.

The article investigates the problem of protecting the honor and dignity of a person from insulting by a representative of the authority. The work aims to assess the existing balance between the authority of the official and the honor and dignity of citizens in legal protection against insults. The task of developing recommendations for qualifying the actions of an official who exceeded the authority in the form of insulting a citizen is presented. The author defines the structure of administrative, delict, disciplinary, and criminal law protection of honor and dignity of a person against the encroachments of officials. Based on the analysis of legal sources, the rules for the qualification of insults committed by representatives of the authorities are formulated, the criteria for distinguishing crimes from other offenses are developed. It is shown that the actions of an official who insulted a person in connection with the performance of official duties carry signs of abuse of power, which will have criminal public danger only in case of a significant violation of the rights of the victim. The author offers criteria for assessing the materiality of a violation of a person’s legitimate interests from insulting by an official, which, in addition to the method of offense, take into account circumstances, as well as legal, situational, and factual characteristics of the relationship between the guilty and the victim.

The article examines the set of norms of the Russian administrative law governing relations in the field of administrative and legal support for the interaction of law enforcement agencies and civil society organizations in order to protect public order, identifies scientific approaches to determining the main directions of this interaction, as well as the problems of law enforcement practice in this field. A theoretical interpretation of the main areas of interaction between law enforcement agencies and civil society organizations is given and the features of their regulatory support are analyzed and ways to improve it are determined. We made an attempt to conceptualize such a form of interaction as assistance to law enforcement agencies, as well as to reveal its content and to propose the author's classification of its types. The administrative and legal foundations of the organization and activities of public associations as subjects of interaction with law enforcement agencies are determined. The analysis of the activities of various organizational structures that ensure the interaction considered in the article is made. The regularities that determine the features of the relationship between various social, economic, and legal factors and the effectiveness of the interaction of law enforcement agencies and civil society organizations are revealed. The facts and reasons for the violation by certain bodies of state power of the procedures established by administrative legislation necessary for the start of the activities of a public law enforcement association are identified. Based on the results of the study, a conclusion is drawn about the need to expand the range of responsibilities of law enforcement agencies in the field of interaction with civil society organizations and the legal regulation of certain aspects of this cooperation.

The article is devoted to the issues in the legal regulation of digitalization of tax administration as one of the promising directions in increasing the efficiency of the management of tax authorities on the one hand and ensuring the rights and legitimate interests of citizens and legal entities (taxpayers) on the other. The article provides the authors’ definition of the concept of tax administration. It discusses current issues of legal regulation of digitalization of the activities of the Federal Tax Service of Russia and its territorial bodies, the dynamics of changes in legislation and the introduction of information systems and services in order to ensure the rights and legitimate interests of citizens and legal entities, from the perspective of the constitutional category of the Russian Federation as a social state.

The article focuses on the problems of legal regulation of defining the status of vice-governors of the subjects of the Russian Federation. The article examines the peculiarities of the establishment of the position of vice-governor and offers classifications of both the subjects and models for filling this position. Despite the fact that the position of vice-governor (the first vice-governor) is established only in twenty subjects of the Russian Federation, the legal status of vice-governors is not identical. In the subjects of the Russian Federation with a more multidivisional system of executive power, the positions of the first vice-governor and (or) several vice-governors are established. However, the issue of finding the optimal model for filling the position of vice-governor remains. The model should avoid duplication of authority between officials and have an effective division of responsibilities between them. The most acceptable, according to the author, is the model in which the vice-governor occupies only this position.