GURINOVICH ALEXANDER GEORGIEVICH

The article considers some actual problems in legal regulation of renumeration and retirement benefits for some categories of federal civil servants. These problems relate to the assessment of the equal status of the higher legislative, executive, and judicial branches of state power of the Russian Federation. The author has studied in detail the relevant legal acts, scientific articles, and monographs published on similar topics and provide convincing arguments about the need to correct the current imbalance. The author concludes that it is necessary to raise the level of attractiveness of civil service and increase the competitiveness of the state as an employer. It is suggested that this can be achieved through equalizing the level of wages of civil servants with the wages of workers in the corresponding/similar specialty and qualifications of the non-state (commercial) sector. The author identifies priorities for further improvement of legal regulation, formulates proposals to eliminate the selective approach in determining and changing the salaries and other significant parameters of the monetary content of federal civil servants of some higher state authorities.

This article analyzes the relevant legislation, identifies the basic criteria for defining the concept of the civil service of other types in the Russian Federation, and describes the current state of its legal regulation. The service of other types is carried out in the federal-state bodies and organizations subordinate to them; such organizations perform special functions to ensure security, law and order, combat crime and protect citizens’ rights and freedoms. The author identifies the reasons for the abolition of such a concept as “law enforcement service” in the civil service systems and considers the process of its transformation into a new segment within this system. Based on the conducted comparative analysis of legislative and subordinate legal acts containing relevant regulatory provisions, the analysis shows that today the civil service of other types is carried out in state bodies defined as law enforcement agencies. To reflect the current state of legal regulation for the civil service of other types, the author notes an increase in the corresponding legislative framework in recent years. The issues of legal regulation of work in the field of civil service of other types are worked out in special laws regarding employees of customs authorities, internal affairs bodies, the federal fire service, the criminal justice system, and enforcement bodies. In addition, the article outlines the key priorities for further improvement of legal regulation

The analysis of the structure and the content of the textbook «State anti-crisis management» published in 2016 is given in the article, the range of problems of this textbook is highly relevant. In the context of the complicated international political and economic situation it is necessary to overcome the backwardness of Russia in terms of state governance indicators to create favorable conditions for the exit from the crisis. In the evaluation of the material the issues of optimization of state anti-crisis management in terms of external sanction pressure and the crisis in Russia were touched. The author of the review elaborated the chapters of the textbook in detail, highlighting a balanced approach, completeness of material, and reasonable conclusions. It is noted that the domestic and foreign experience of anti-crisis state management, the measures for the development and implementation of appropriate anti-crisis actions taken by the government in recent years are analyzed in the textbook. Recommendations for the establishment of an effective mechanism to counter challenges to the national security of the Russian Federation that emerged in the last three years are proposed. Conclusions about the future use possibility of the proposed recommendations, the need for relevant standard-setting activities of relevant subjects and in-depth practical use of the most acceptable ways of overcoming the crisis are made. The historical retrospect of domestic and foreign experience, that is rare for the textbooks on public administration issues, is especially emphasized. The chapter about the anti-corruption fight also attracts attention, the issues of incurrence of the corruptive factors in the state management and their minimizing are considered there. It is concluded that the textbook will allow the students to gain insight, among others, during the process of extra - curriculum activities, into the key issues of the state anti-crisis management.