Abstract: This article is dedicated to the analysis of promising directions in domestic policy of Krasnodar Krai in the area of science and higher education. The authors substantiate the need for optimization of state policy of Krasnodar Krai in the area of science and higher education as the key condition for increasing its competitiveness both, in the Russian Federation and on the international level. An original definition is given to the regional state policy in the Russian Federation as a complex, cumulative activity of the system of regional government branches on development and implementation of goals on ensuring gradual development of society and the region overall, as well as of separate spheres of their organization and functionality. The authors believe that in the context of formation and implementation of domestic policy of Krasnodar Krai in the area of science and higher education (in order to increase competitiveness of the region), attention should be pain to the development of the following aspects: unification of legal and methodological support of the activity of scientific and higher education institutions; adoption of the Law of Krasnodar Krai “On Venture Capital Investments in the Sphere of Education and Science in Krasnodar Krai”; creation of the promising scientific-educational cluster in form of Kuban Federal University; stimulation of creation of the branches of international and national scientific-educational centers; modernization of the system of regional scientific-educational government grants; implementation of the model of centralized assignment system for the graduates of higher education institutions.

Abstract: This article is dedicated to the study of possibility of attribution of the joint-stock companies to the objects of public control in the Russian Federation. The authors believe that the institution of public control manifests as the key legal guarantee for the implementation, protection and defense of the constitutional principles of democracy and public participation in administration of state affairs. However, the implementation of this civil society institution is accompanied by numerous problems, one of which is the definition of the concept and the list of objects of public control. In this regard, the authors explore various approaches towards the question of attribution of joint-stock companies to objects of public control. The article formulates and substantiates the original definition of the concept of “public authorities”, which imply not only authority of the state and local self-governance, but also as the combination of such rights of separate subjects of law, the realization of which directly affects the mechanism of implementation, observation, protection and defense of the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of a wide range of citizens of the Russian Federation, foreign citizens, stateless persons, legal entities, as well as public authority bodies, including local self-governance. Therefore, it appears that joint-stock companies should be classified as a variety of the objects of public control. However, the possibility of organization and implementation of public control over their activity requires introducing certain amendments to the current legislation.