Moscow University Public Administration Bulletin. 2023. 1.

The publication provides an overview of the XIХ International Scientific Conference “Public administration in new geopolitical and geoeconomic conditions”, annually held at the Lomonosov Moscow State University School of Public Administration. A summary of the main reports of the conference participants, results of the plenary session, sections and round tables organized by the departments and other structural subdivisions of the Faculty are presented. The aim of the conference was to discuss the most important and actual problems of management in modern conditions; to exchange scientif c and practical experience; to work out recommendations on improvement of theoretical bases of the considered phenomena. The conference was held in a mixed format in Russian and English. During the conference the following issues were discussed: economic modernization, problems of digital transformation of public administration, modern opportunities of social systems management and human resource management in the challenges of modern times, prospects for strategic planning and import substitution. Political, legal and administrative aspects of public authority functioning, national issues, peculiarities of global economy transformation under sanctions, problems of sustainable business development in the context of modern global processes were considered.

The article is devoted to the study of the role of soft power actors in
the preparation and implementation of the Rose revolution in Georgia. The
relevance of the study lies in the need to analyze the destructive activities
of these structures during the color revolutions in order to prevent such
negative scenarios in the Russian Federation and friendly states. The paper
analyzes the activities of two soft power actors who made a decisive contribution to the overthrow of the Shevardnadze regime — the “Rustavi-2” TV
company and the “Kmara” youth organization. Such issues as the history of
the creation of “Rustavi-2” and “Kmara”, the specifics of their tactics and
strategies in the preparation of the Rose revolution, direct participation in
the coup détat in November 2003 are considered. The authors conclude
that “Rustavi-2” and “Kmara” played a key role in mobilizing the protest
electorate, and also managed to introduce into the public consciousness of
Georgian citizens the thesis of falsification of the results of parliamentary
elections, which eventually became the trigger for the beginning of the active
phase of the Rose revolution, which ended with the victory of the political
opposition led by M. Saakashvili.

The article analyzes the main problems of the institution of bankruptcy
that affect the development of the state economy and the business conditions
in Russia, which formed the basis for a systemic reform of the institution of
bankruptcy. The purpose of the actual research is to analyze current trends in
the development of the theory and practice of the functioning of the domestic
institution of bankruptcy and to identify priority areas for its further improvement
as a factor in increasing business sustainability in modern economic
conditions. The basis of the research methodology is formed on the basis of
general scientific principles (systematicity, objectivity, unity of theory and
practice) using general scientific and special research methods as scientific
tools, including methods of analysis and generalization, formal-logical, statistical
methods, comparative comparisons, expert assessments, etc. As a result
of the research, based on the latest achievements in the theory and practice
of bankruptcy management, the key problems that cause the low efficiency of
the functioning of the bankruptcy institution are considered, certain priority
areas for improving the institution of bankruptcy, related to the need to
increase the level of protection of bona fide participants in a bankruptcy case
and society from unscrupulous subjects of insolvency relations, are disclosed,
restrictions on the participation of persons affiliated (on formal and / or factual
grounds) with the debtor at the legislative level, ensuring appropriate educational
and the moral level of candidates for insolvency officers, the rational
use of the advantages of the development of digitalization of the economy in
the implementation of legal insolvency procedures. Further implementation
of the proposed directions will contribute to the sustainable development of
business in modern economic conditions and increase the level of confidence
of the business community in the institution of bankruptcy as one of the main
anti-crisis regulators of economic processes in society, ensuring the stability
of business turnover.

Research in the field of artifi cial intelligence (AI) has revealed a number
of conceptual shortcomings and risks of the developed cognitive models and
AI algorithms when applied in various fields of activity. This, in particular, is
the opacity, non-verifi ability of the logic of reasoning and conclusions of AI,
not friendliness towards a person, and, as a result, distrust of a person in the
results of AI work. Distrust between artifi cial and natural intelligence leads
to a decrease in the eff ectiveness of both AI and its interaction with human
intelligence. As a way to overcome this crisis of misunderstanding, the concept
of artifi cial social intelligence (ASI) was proposed, which includes not only
cognitive aspects of intelligence, but also social (together with emotional ones).
The article sums up the results of thirty years of development of the concept
of ASI, highlights the current problems of modeling and studying ASI.

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on the economy and
social relations in many countries. Faced with new challenges and threats
in this period, Russia, like other countries, was forced to pay close attention
to solving information security problems. This article is devoted to the analysis of the main changes in Russian legislation in the field of information
security during the pandemic. The author analyzed a wide range of documents
of a strategic and technical nature on issues such as cryptography and
electronic signatures, personal data, the national payment system, banking
security, etc. According to the author, due to the growing number of threats
in the information sphere, it is necessary to further improve legislation,
improvement, primarily in the field of import substitution in the IT field,
collection and storage of personal and biometric data, remote provision of
services and user identification, etc. From a managerial point of view, in the
conditions of the highest degree of development of the epidemic process,
work was carried out mainly at the managerial and technical levels. The
launch of the Special Military Operation required more decision-making
at the institutional level, using the legislative framework and methods used
in the previous period.

The main forms of interaction between legislative and executive bodies
of state power of the Russian Federation in the federal budget process are
identifi ed and considered. Particular attention is paid to the content and forms
of interaction of participants in the federal budget process from the point of
view of the implementation of the constitutional principle of separation of
powers, the factors infl uencing compliance with this principle are identified,
proposals for the development of constitutional interaction of participants in
the federal budget process are outlined.

In the Russian Empire, the growth of popularity of agronomic science was
promoted by reformatory activity of Empress Catherine II. The lift ing of bans
on the export of Russian grain and the signing of the Manifesto’ On Freedom
of Entrepreneurship in 1775 turned agriculture from a traditional occupation
of the population into a profi table part of the state’s economy. The educational
activities of the Free Economic Society were aimed at popularizing the ideas
of enlightenment among the reprsentatives of the nobility. Due to the reception
of the Western European agronomic society, there was an awareness of
the value and practical signifi cance of the new science among landowners.
The formation of agricultural management institutions in the Russian Empire
was infl uenced by the initiatives of prominent political and public figures.
Governmental and public initiatives aimed at the development of agricultural
industry in the country were refl ected in the pages of books and magazines.
Simultaneously with the translations of foreign scientifi c literature, the journals
of the Free Economic Society begin to be published in the country. In the first
half of the XIX century — in the form of instructions and recommendations
based on the personal experience of rural owners, later — as serious scientific
research of Russian agricultural scientists. Th e use of the diachronic method
in presenting the material of the article makes it possible to determine the
change in approaches in understanding the problems of improving agricultural
productions. The study of these sources allows us to trace the evolution of
approaches to the modernisation of agricultural production in the refl ection
of public thought.