Stimulation and activation of investment and entrepreneurial activities in the Arctic zone of Russia as a territory with a special preferential regime for entrepreneurship

The significance of the Arctic region for the socio-economic development of our country, as well as for ensuring its national security and national interests of the Russian Federation, is determined by the following reasons: the Arctic is a geostrategic territory of the Russian Federation (1); it has a rich natural resource potential and biodiversity (2); unprecedented economic pressure on Russia from unfriendly countries (3); digital transformation and technological sovereignty (4). These circumstances only strengthen the existing need for rational development of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation, including through the implementation of entrepreneurial and other economic activities within its boundaries, which require certain state support, i.e., the operation of a special preferential regime for entrepreneurship. In this regard, the purpose of this study is to examine the stimulating legal means used within the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation as one of the types of territories with a special preferential regime for entrepreneurial activities. The study employs the following scientific methods: analysis, synthesis, generalization, analogy, etc.; a systematic approach, a special legal method, and a comparative legal method were applied. During the course of the study, the author concludes that the stimulating state influence on entrepreneurial activity in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation is carried out not only through the establishment of a special preferential regime for entrepreneurship but also through agreements on the implementation of investment activities, which combine private and public law principles, as well as through endowing the managing company, the Corporation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic, with public functions (of an authoritative and servicing nature). At the same time, such state influence should be exercised systematically and balanced (this refers to the equality of private and public interests, the ratio of centralization and decentralization, as well as the legislative tools used (public law, private law, private-public)), especially in light of impending changes in legislation related to international territories for accelerated development, as well as the development and likelihood of establishing a unified preferential regime operating within the framework of the Far Eastern Federal District and on the land territories of the Arctic zone of Russia.