CURRENT PROBLEMS OF COMPETITION PROTECTION

Abstract

Aim. The article presents a comprehensive study of the problems of protection of competition, limitation of the negative influence of monopolies and formation of the spirit of entrepreneurship and economic freedoms as one of the most important directions for ensuring harmonization and acceleration of the development of the domestic economy and ensuring its security. Methodology. The study was carried out using the methods of system and factor analysis. General and specific factors of competition limitation are considered. Results. It has been shown how under the pretext of ensuring freedom of entrepreneurship and competition, world and regional leaders actively exploit the advantages gained through innovation and information technologies and monopolize markets of innovative goods and services. It has been proven that the preservation and excessive increase of government participation in the Russian economy provides less protection for the domestic market and business and serves as a source of increasing structural imbalances. Theoretical and Practical Implications. The results of the study make it possible to clarify the instruments of state regulation and protection of competition, which confirms the practical significance of the work.