The presented study analyzes the evolution of the concept of political leadership; examines the specific features of self-presentation of political leaders associated with development of digital communication technologies; develop and substantiate the methodological principles of analyzing the strategies of political leaders in the online space; identify and describe the major research methods, including the specific aspects of working with big data when analyzing the digital communication of political leaders; examines modern methods of mathematical modeling that make it possible to solve problems in the development and implementation of efficient online strategies for political leaders (probability models, deterministic and stochastic models, models based on game theory, etc.).

The problem of managerialization of the social services practice in Russia and abroad is considered on the example of conducting evaluation studies of services for women in difficult life situations. Women in difficult life situations began to stand out in a separate category of social services clients, work with which requires the opening of specialized departments and the development of special programs. The article provides an overview of foreign evolutionary research services for this category. There are programs which value were considered obvious and not requiring evidence, but they turned out to be ineffective. At the same time, most programs have a positive effect on clients’ lives. One of the consequences of managerialization the social sphere abroad was the proliferation of evaluative studies of social programs. The author also considered the typology of evaluative research, which is offered by foreign scientists.

The article considers the conflict from the point of view of a social phenomenon, as a result of which the main approaches to the study of this category were identified. According to one of them, the conflict is based on the opposition of certain interests, goals, aspirations of the individual. The second approach puts into conflict a contradiction, in connection with which it is the result of its aggravation and actualization. In the third approach, conflict is a type of structural imbalance and is characterized by the impossibility of a system or social relations remaining in the same form. Another approach at the heart of the conflict addresses social tensions of dual significance. The structure of the conflict itself (the object, the subjects of the conflict, etc.), as well as the content of its constituent elements, are studied in detail. Dismantled and disclosed the environment in which the conflict takes place. In general, the article is of an overview nature and can be useful as a theoretical and methodological basis for the study of conflict in various organizations, institutions, etc.

The article examines the problems of propaganda work carried out during the war as a basis for strengthening the legitimacy of the ruling Communist party in the USSR. The contribution of theater workers to the cohesion of Soviet society in the fight against fascism is investigated. New archival documents related to the propaganda work of Soviet cultural workers are introduced into scientific circulation.

In modern conditions, a special role in strengthening family relations can be played by the state, interested in preserving and strengthening the institution of the family. In different countries, the state policy towards the family depends on the traditions, the legislative framework, the level of economic development and the problems that characterize the course of family life in a given state.

The development of concepts of migration theory with focuses on the current theoretical framework of assimilation and transnationalism is analyzed in this article. The difficulties in the study of migration faced by researchers according to modern theories are analyzed. The critique of “groupism” is cited as an example.

The article is devoted to theoretical and practical issues of civil society and its institutions in modern Russia. Four main groups of these institutions – political, economic, social, and spiritual – are characterized. The authors outline main problems and trends of their development in post-Soviet Russia.

The article deals with public relations that affect controversial issues of subsoil use. The relevance of the topic is not in doubt, since article 9, paragraph 1 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation [1] defines that land and other natural resources are used and protected in the Russian Federation as the basis of life and activities of peoples living in the relevant territory. Among natural resources, a special place is occupied by subsoil resources, as they have a large amount of very valuable properties. In the modern Russian economy, the problem of effective subsoil use, which is associated with the need for advanced reconstruction of the mineral resource base and replenishment of strategic mineral reserves, should be one of the most important priorities of Russian state policy.

The article analyzes the issues of the concept of inspection of the scene of crime as a kind of investigative inspection. Practical examples of the effective application of this investigative action in the investigation are given in the article. Different recommendations on the methodology and tactics of its production are provided.

The article analyzes the legal content of the term national security and provides the views of some authors on this concept. The interests and priorities of ensuring national security in the Russian Federation, the main threats to these priorities are highlighted, and measures to ensure certain interests and priorities are analyzed.

The article deals with the legal problem of correlation of the legal institution of trade secrets with related legal categories. Information with commercial value, from the position of obtaining a competitive advantage, is not the whole set of commercial information, but only a part of it. The analysis of the definitions of confidential information and trade secrets allowed us to define them as a whole and part and justify the need for normative consolidation of the concept of confidential information as generic in relation to the concept of trade secret.

The article substantiates that the external, formal side of law enforcement is characterized by a complex combination of unconditional and conditional. With the external, formal side of it as unconditional (mandatory, categorical and unambiguous); with the internal, substantive side, the conditional (appropriate, due to the variable activity). As an independent, the question of how the features of connection in the law enforcement of unconditional and conditional should be taken into account in solving the problems of increasing its effectiveness is considered.

The article discusses the main theoretical approaches in the study of abuse of law. It is shown that the definitions formulated in them do not meet the criterion of universality. A new, synthetic definition of the concept of “abuse of rights”, devoid of the shortcomings of the previous definitions, is proposed.

In the article the main problems of the system of fiscal payment as part of the functions of the state in terms of tax policy related to the lack at legislative level accurately built system of fiscal charges, in connection with which law enforcement and judicial practice, there are ambiguities in the resolution of problems related to the choice of the mode of legal regulation of the said payments. There are also some problems with the classification of fiscal charges. The existing procedure for regulating fiscal fees should be changed through the incorporation of fiscal fees in the tax code, which is primarily due to the need to apply in the legal regulation of payments identical in their legal nature of uniform rules, as well as the requirements of paragraph 5 of article 3 of the tax code.