Potanin Mikhail M.

The article presents the results of a survey of more than 1.5 thousand entrepreneurs from 11 subjects of the Russian Federation in the Far Eastern Federal District conducted in the fourth quarter of 2025. The respondents were mainly individual entrepreneurs (58,4%) those related to microbusiness (56,8%), 80% of the survey participants are business owners and most of them have been engaged in entrepreneurial activity for more than 10 years (39,7%). The survey allowed us to conclude that despite the fact that control activities are not the main factor in reducing investment, we can still state the importance of control measures for business investment behavior. Thus, during the considered period, more than 44% of the respondents were subject to inspections by regulatory authorities, mainly tax authorities. More than a third of entrepreneurs stated that there were fi consequences in the form of fi and indirect costs due to inspections. The survey also showed that a third of entrepreneurs in the Far East can be a source of additional investment growth if deregulation measures are implemented to reduce the number of inspections. The obtained results necessitate further improvement of deregulation mechanisms, including limiting the duration and number of control measures towards an entrepreneur during the year, expanding the practice of replacing fi with warnings, preventing the suspension of business activities during inspections, identifying points of administrative tensions and management impact on dealing with them.

The article examines the role of the administrative burden of public administration on the investment climate in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. Particular attention has been paid to the analysis of the results of the National Rating of the Investment Climate in the framework of its two main stages: the positions of the Far Eastern regions in the rating have been assessed for the period of 2015-2020 and 2021-2024, the regions that fulfi the task of entering the top 30 of the National Rating have been identifi the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), the Amur Region, the Kamchatka Territory and the Sakhalin Region. As of 2024, the top positions in the district are occupied by the Sakhalin Region and the Magadan Territory, at the end of the rating - the Chukotka Autonomous Area and Jewish Autonomous Region. The subject analysis of the factor «administrative burden on business» of the National Rating of the Investment Climate in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation has been carried out. The article identifi the main problems of administrative pressure by state authorities on the development of the investment climate in the regions and defi the directions for the formation of calculation tools for assessing the activities of territorial control and supervisory bodies to ensure assistance in improving the investment climate in the regions of the Far East. The results of the study can be useful for state and municipal authorities that ensure the socio-economic development of the regions.