The article analyzes the mechanisms of institutional support of innovation activities aimed at solving the strategic tasks of a scientific and technical breakthrough in the Russian economy. It is shown that the development of the innovation sector in the manufacturing industry contributes to the preservation of its archaic structure, increasing dependence on technology imports. In the structure of innovative products in terms of novelty, new products for the enterprise occupy leading positions. In domestic developments, there are practically not new technologies for the world market. In the model for organizing innovation activity in Russia, there are no mechanisms for creating conditions for a scientific and technological breakthrough, mechanisms for transforming world-class scientific and technological achievements into breakthrough technologies. It is shown that Russia has the scientific potential of breakthrough technologies. The mechanisms of organizing the development of breakthrough technologies based on the cooperation of scientists from academic, university, departmental science and organizations of business structures are discussed. It is proposed to concentrate the resources of development institutions on organizational, financial support for the creation and implementation of a program of promising interdisciplinary research conducted on network principles in the framework of mega-projects. In order to effectively implement breakthrough technologies in order to accelerate the economic development of the country, it is necessary to move from sectoral development strategies and programs to a nationwide strategy and development program for the domestic manufacturing industry, providing for the intensification of interregional and intersectoral interaction based on network principles. To ensure this interaction, it is proposed to create a system of institutes for coordination, regulation, and management with broad powers. The personnel potential of these institutions is shaped by the involvement of leading scientists, specialists in the real sector of the economy and managers of business structures. To ensure the effective implementation of the strategy of a scientific and technical breakthrough, it is necessary to create institutions in the educational system that will help meet the needs of the real economy in personnel whose competencies meet the requirements of the sixth technological order.

The success of strategic and tactical problems solution of the socio-economic development of the Russian Federation in much depends on efficiency of the public crisis management which is one of the most difficult spheres of regulation as has to possess the qualities of flexibility and adequacy concerning extent of crisis manifestations. The article examines the key problems of state anti-crisis regulation of the Russian economy in modern conditions of its operation and their manifestation on macroeconomic indicators, the once of the standard of living, trends in the implementation of economic policy at the regional level. The separate directions of implementation of social policy are analyzed in comparison with approaches to similar problems in China which economy is estimated by specialists as the most high-growth in the world economy. It is shown that in the presence of set of the advantages inherent in the state anti-recessionary programs, they so far did not become the efficient tool for the solution of social and economic tasks by the reason of absence of thorough investigation of goal-setting at their development and lack of flexibility in their implementation.

In spite of the fact the important place is allocated for issues of studying of crisis management situations in the field of management research and development of the organization, results of researches nevertheless remain rather fragmented which complicates the choice of the correct way in further promotion. For the solution of this task it is offered to consider the integrated structure of crises and its management based on the researches in the field of strategic management, the organizational theory and behavior as well as researches in the field of public relations and corporate communications. There are two main directions in the publications devoted to crises and its management. The first one is focused on the internal dynamics of crisis development. The second one, when the company focuses on an external stakeholder management. At first, there will be entered the basic concepts for each of the above mentioned directions in the paper, and after both directions will be united into the single integrated structure, then their common features will be highlighted and based on the researches results are offered in the extensive list of publications below. Here in the list the author assumes J. Bundy, M. Pfarrer, K. Short and T. Koombs’s research as a basis “Crisis and crisis management. Integration, interpretation and research” [1] and the article of K. Pearson and J. Klar, “Refreyming management crisis” [2]. In general, the sources list of the paper covers foreign authors works’ that had been published in 1998–2015.

The paper is devoted to the study of a local governments’ role in ensuring the life quality of the population in cities with a high comfort rating. The purpose of the research is a detection of similarities and differences in the organizational, legal and financial components of local governments in solving the problem of increasing the level of comfort in urban life. As an object of the research is testing a hypothesis about what aspects of an autonomy of local governments (legal, organizational acts or financial) are dominant in ensuring the life quality in cities.

The methodology of the work is based on a systematic approach, which allows to reveal problems of financial support for the activities of local governments, aimed at improving the life quality of the population. Ratings of the world cities on comfort level are considered, selection of twenty cities are having high rating of comfort according to consulting agency Mercer is defined (further — the cities of «the comfortable twenty») and their group over the countries is executed. The analysis of legal, organizational and financial autonomy of local government bodies in the cities of “the comfortable twenty” is carried out.

On analysis results the conclusion is drawn on sufficient degree legal autonomy (powers), organizational independence and financial independence of local government bodies that in combination with stability of the legislation on a local self-government allows to provide the high level of life quality of the population in the cities of “the comfortable twenty”. The conducted research is urged to fill the existing gaps between theoretical ideas of powers of local government bodies and the practical analysis of a real problem condition of increasing the effective management of cities due to strengthening of the financial independence of municipal authorities.

Development of the Russian energy sector seems to be rather promising (considering the speed and nature of the emergence of new technologies, such as digital power equipment, prognostic instruments, real-time payment techniques, etc.), however, there is no clear understanding of the potential demand level regarding specific technologies. Frequently companies abandon research and development projects due to the uncertainty and risk of losing investments because of the absence of end-users. At the same time foreign suppliers of innovative solutions (including those for the energy sector) gain market power. Simultaneously, emerges the problem of strengthening competitiveness of the Russian Federation regional economies in the view of tightening competition from foreign suppliers of innovative solutions including solutions for the energy sector.

Problems of using of scientific and technical clusters as the platform for the development of youth science are considered. The current state of a system of scientific and technical clusters and their place in the economic system of the Russian Federation is analyzed. The efficiency of functioning of clusters and potential of their development as an instrument of youth science development is considered. The main modern scientific approaches to studying of cluster structures interrelation and science are provided. A number of structural and regulatory changes are proposed to improve the cluster system.

The article is devoted to the issues of applying a human-focused approach in determining the competencies of civil servants and the directions of their qualifications development. The aim of the study is to develop a model of key competencies of state civil servants taking into account the requirements of official regulations, qualification requirements for professional knowledge and skills of civil servants, as reflected in regulatory and legal documents, as well as trends in a competence-based focus approach to development of potential of employees. There have been given the results of an expert survey conducted in 2018 among organizations of the public civil service of three constituent entities of the Russian Federation. The analysis showed that despite the transition of the civil service to the digital technologies and services, there had been paid not much attention to change the behavioral attitudes of personnel and their readiness for innovations. So, skills in using methods of project management, development of creative capabilities, empathy, and mentoring are not highly appreciated. As a rule, during choosing areas of advanced training, they prefer professional skills training programs, ignoring other formats aimed at development of the important soft skills in the digital economy. The use of a competence-based approach to the formation of a competencies model, methods of the analysis and in the synthesis of quantitative and qualitative parameters of the existing career management system of public civil servants allowed to substantiate the basic principles of introducing a human-oriented approach to the personnel work of state bodies. The authors proposed a model of key competencies for various groups of civil service positions. The main conclusions are formulated on the need to use analytical tools to monitor the current level of public civil service competencies development, as well as to develop recommendations about modeling in further professional and career growth. There has been proposed a classification of the “soft” skills and development instruments needed for the improvement of the professional activity of civil servants in a digitalization of the economy. The importance of the human-oriented approach in the competency model is caused by need of the work transformation of the public civil service under the conditions of the digital economy.

An essential reserve of the innovative scenario of social and economic development of the regions is the creation, the improvement and the functioning of high-tech jobs (HTJ). Such jobs require clear identification and a special managerial approach for their organization. Simultaneously, these processes in the conditions of different territories need an individual approach. The purposes of the research are to identify the key characteristics of HTJ, to identify the advantages and risks of creating a large number of HTJ for the regions, to identify the main measures to create HTJ. In the study there have been used methods of analysis and synthesis of information, systematic, logical, comparative and economic analysis, expert assessments. It is important to clearly delineate both the components of HTJ and their quantitative measurement. The significance of HTJ is confirmed by their high productivity and in turn requires additional investment to create them. It is especially necessary to direct the processes for the formation of HTJ in high-tech and knowledge-based industries of the national economy, since the creation of HTJ in technologically backward sectors can lead to a low return on investment. The study of dynamics, industry specificity and forms of HTJ organization allows us to generalize positive experience in this area and develop recommendations for stimulating of organization of such jobs. The main criteria for the allocation of high-tech jobs include the use of advanced technologies; high production efficiency (labour productivity); working conditions that meet the strict modern standards; quality education and high qualification of the specialists who work at the workplace; the high wages of such employees; the significant cost of creating a new job and the integration of these jobs into key needs of the territories. These criteria are used to determine indicators and to make a quantitative or qualitative assessment. Threshold values are set for each indicator, confirming or denying the high-tech jobs. Recommendations on stimulating the organization of such jobs are developed based on a study of the dynamics and sectoral specifics of the HTJ. Among them are taking into account the qualitative and quantitative characteristics of modern HTJ; implementation of tax and investment support in connection with the sectoral focus of the processes of formation of HTJ in different regions; current and future monitoring of HTJ in order to control the situation to enhance the socio-economic development of the regions.