Tourism industry development plays a key role in the structural transformation of regional economies, especially in the context of declining efficiency of traditional sectors. The Vologda Region has significant but under-realized potential for tourism growth due to its unique combination of cultural heritage and natural resources. The priorities of the Vologda Region tourism industry development as a direction of structural and technological transformation of the region’s economy have been considered. Currently, the region’s tourism potential remains poorly utilized. The purpose of the study is to determine the priorities of tourism in the region in the long term. Achieving this goal required an analysis of tourist demand in the region, a strategic analysis of the industry’s development, as well as promising areas development based on its results. Based on the analysis of statistical data, key trends in tourist demand in the Vologda Region have been identified. Conducting a SWOT analysis allowed to identify potential strategies for implementation. As a promising project, it has been proposed to create a high-tech amusement and recreation park that ensures the growth of tourist traffic based on the synthesis of modern digital technologies and traditions of Russian culture. The scientific novelty of the research lies in strategic directions for developing the region’s industry, which can reduce dependence on external factors and increase tourist flow. The study results can be applied by the authorities to form a regional tourism policy and serve as the basis for further scientific research in the tourism development sphere.

The article is devoted to the analysis of the current state and development prospects of the treasury payment system in the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as RF). It plays a key role in optimising public finances and ensuring the stability of the economy. The article considers the reform of the Treasury, including reduction in the number of settlement accounts from 44 thousand to 89 thousand and introduction of the state information system “Electronic Treasury”, which allowed to accelerate the processing of payments and increase the transparency of budget expenditures. The article raises topical issues related to liquidity management on the single treasury account and to risk management of placement of free funds, and discusses possible ways to improve risk and liquidity management tools. Attention is paid to the expansion of the powers of the Russian Treasury and establishment of its external similarity in functions with the RF Central Bank as well as to the analysis of similarities and differences between the national payment system and treasury payment system. The study applies system analysis, deductive method, and institutional approach, which allows us to examine the Treasury as a single mechanism considering its functions and tasks. The article is based on the works of Russian scientists and programme documents, such as strategic map of the Treasury for 2022–2030. The practical significance of the work lies in the proposal of directions for the development of risk and liquidity management mechanisms, which can contribute to further development of the treasury payments system in the conditions of digitalisation and changing economic realities.

The active processes of digitalisation of socio-economic systems require modifications of managerial activities which should be facilitated by relevant scientific developments. This article is a review of the monograph devoted to peculiarities of management in the conditions of digital transformation and written by the international team of specialists. The work includes 9 main chapters which address very different aspects of the problem and particularly control during digitalisation, technology transfer, talent management, interaction with customers, marketing tools, e-commerce, functioning of virtual teams, inter-organisational collaboration, management of digital waste. Generally, it is found that despite the fact that digitalisation opens new perspectives for managerial activities, it also forms significant difficulties, and its effects are ambivalent or can often be negative. The considered research field seems to be rather poorly studied, and the monograph successfully poses new questions for the subsequent investigations. The reviewed work demonstrates the mosaic composition; nonetheless, it is informative and offers an original view of the problem. It contains a lot of interesting conceptual constructs and is rich in factual materials. Also, the edition is distinguished by a substantial number of terms, and the available subject index facilitates better orientation in the latter. The style is purely academic, but the potential readership seems to be wide. Despite a few minor deficiencies, the monograph, undoubtedly, will be interesting to Russian specialists.

The issue of income inequality is highly relevant in scientific literature. It is caused both by the population’s pursuit of achieving an acceptable level of social justice specific to a particular society and by the property, which is often attributed to income inequality, to negatively influence economic development and growth. This article conducts an analysis of cause-and-effect relations between income inequality in the Russian regions (measured by the Gini index) and the level of gross regional product (hereinafter referred to as GRP) per capita. The primary research method employed is the Granger causality test. The research is based on data from the Federal State Statistics Service on the socio-economic development of Russian regions. Direct and reversal causality tests were performed, revealing that GRP per capita influences income inequality, but not vice versa. Moreover, the logarithm of GRP per capita exhibits a bidirectional relationship with the Gini index for Russian regions. On the basis of the obtained results, it is concluded that for effective management of the issue of regional income inequality, it is advisable to use indirect methods of financial regulation instead of the direct ones and influence income inequality through indicators of GRP per capita in Russian regions, thereby creating conditions for an increase in the standard of living and average income.

The expansion of public participation in the management of the education system and in ensuring the quality of the conditions for the implementation of educational programs in educational organizations is considered through a new tool of public control – an independent assessment of the conditions’ quality for the provision of services by organizations in the field of education (IACQE). The work purpose is to analyze the ten-year period of methodology development of the IACQE, aimed at studying the needs and interests of all participants in educational relations. The article presents the results of an expert-analytical study of the creation and development of methodological tools of the IACQE at the federal, regional and municipal levels. The study was carried out by the method of comparative analysis of legislative acts adopted in the period from 2012 to 2022, as well as their impact on the development of public control tools for assessing the quality of education in accordance with the Federal Law “On Education in the Russian Federation”. The analysis of qualitative and quantitative data presented in the article allows us to reveal the content of the assessment tools and indicates the possibility of comparative monitoring of the results of the IACQE at the regional and municipal levels for each subject of Russia. The study results offer guidelines to the scientific and pedagogical community to improve the procedure for conducting the IACQE, which will contribute to the effectiveness of decisions taken by state and local authorities on the development of education accessibility, as well as to ensure at the regional and municipal level the quality of conditions for the educational activities’ implementation for all interested participants.

The scientific problem of the article is the need to create scientific approaches to the formation of a higher education output management model for the sectors of the national economy. The relevance of the problem is caused by absence of direct positive influence of separate results formed by higher education sphere on indicators of national economy output. The article is devoted to the formation of conceptual approaches to managing the effectiveness of higher education from the position of national economy branches output growth. The methodological basis of the study is the theories of economic growth factors, including innovation theory and models of exogenous and endogenous economic growth, human capital theory, knowledge economy theory, management theory, methodological and experimental studies confirming a significant impact of the results of university educational and scientific activities on national economy output. The results of the effects produced by higher education sphere in the implementation of national economy sectors output has been analyzed. The analysis allows to determine the directions of improving the mechanisms of higher education producibility management for national economy – changing the forms of university teachers’ scientific attestation, systems of graduates’ regional distribution, and algorithms concerning international activity of universities.

The article studies current trends in consumer behavior that affect the beer and beverages market with the help of electronic technology. The peculiarities of behavior of beer and alcoholic beverages buyers during a crisis have been noted. The paper presents an analysis of alcoholic beverage groups sales structure in natural and monetary terms, identifies structural shifts in the beer market, and shows a trend for an increase in the market share of local brands. Dynamics of retail price of one liter of beer compared with the volume of the Russian beer and beer drinks market in 2017–2022 has been analyzed. The article concludes that the range of local brands and production of innovative products should be expanded. The possibilities of using electronic technologies in assortment management in the beer and beverage market have been shown. Enterprises producing beer and soft drinks need to analyze big data on an ongoing basis, as well as use digital tools for interacting with consumers. The possible path of consumers in the beer and beverages market based on these tools has been described. The article also shows dynamics of the emergence of new brands in the carbonated drinks market, considers possibilities of developing the assortment policy of domestic beer and beverage producers in this direction, and describes global and regional features of growing segments, such as functional, energy and sports drinks, non-alcoholic cocktails, as well as non-alcoholic beer and wine options.

The subject of research is the Internet trading in the American and European financial markets for individuals from the Russian Federation. The relevance of the topic is due to the huge influx of Russian private investors into the global financial market over the past few years, caused by the simplification of the process of opening brokerage accounts, automation of taxation, the possibility of trading via web terminals, as well as significantly changed conditions of online trading in 2022. The whole work is the development of a report on investing in the financial markets of the United States of America and the European Union for citizens of the Russian Federation. The study was conducted using the methods of systematization, grouping and comparison, with their help, analysis and generalization of the results obtained were carried out, conclusions were drawn. It has been established that in the current geopolitical situation and the restrictive measures taken by many multinational banks and companies, private investors of Russian origin have risks of freezing their own assets on brokerage accounts, which can be reduced by opening a brokerage account in companies registered in the territory of countries friendly to the Russian Federation. The article suggests two least risky options for investing in securities of issuers from Europe and USA.

China and Russia aim to increase bilateral trade to 200 billion USD by 2024. In addition to the enormous potential for cooperation in the field of traditional energy and mineral products, agriculture, investment and engineering contracts, as well as scientific and technological cooperation, have developed rapidly. The latter is expected to become a new pillar of Sino-Russian economic and trade cooperation. The subject of this study is the ongoing innovation in the banking sector in the organization of settlements in the yuan between Russia and China. The international system of settlements and payments includes the transfer of financial information and the distribution of assets, it is a key link in global economic cooperation. However, the Sino-Russian system of payments and settlements is severely restricted by the United States. Against the background of abuse of the US financial hegemony and acceleration of internationalization of the yuan, the settlement system between China and Russia faces real demand for dedollarization, which lead to mutual settlements between China and Russia in the national currency, especially the RMB calculations. Based on the analysis of the actual and potential demand for Chinese yuan in the Russian market, the political environment of settlements in yuan and the technical conditions for calculating the amount, the authors concluded that the prospects for the Sino-Russian system of settlements and payments in yuan are high.

Since the end of 2014, the Russian economy has undergone major changes. The crisis continued until 2018, followed by stabilization and short-term growth in 2018-2019. The emerging positive trends were interrupted by the pandemic. All this has had a signifcant impact on the vocational professional eduation market, both in quantitative and structural terms. The modern world is changing too fast, it is necessary to form the creative potential of a person. The article states that specialists’ adaptation mechanisms to new conditions should change with the help of advanced training, obtaining new knowledge and skills in all forms of education, including the system of vocational professional education. This means that the market of educational services formed by state, departmental and corporate educational institutions must respond to the demands of the economy and consumers of these services. Such advanced technologies and methods as online studying should be used along with and in combination with ofine classes. The conducted research has shown that large corporations allocate signifcant funds for the training and retraining of specialists corresponding to the level of technological development, capable of making effective management decisions. The authors of the article note that in the system of vocational professional education consumers of educational services are most interested in training programs related to management, marketing, information and computer technologies, which is quite consistent with the digital economy and the knowledge economy