State support mechanisms for investment projects in Russia: ways to define efficiency

At present, the state pays considerable attention to supporting investment projects, using a wide rangeof instruments and special mechanisms. The main instruments were discussed in the previous article, including current support measures, their characteristics, and difficulties of applying individual measures. At the same time,providing support to projects has not only practical, but also theoretical and methodological complexity in terms ofthe optimal application of forces and allocation of funds: gjven the limited resources, it is necessary to support thoseprojects that have positive budgetary and social effects, may have a positive multiplier effect or effect on developmentof other projects and industries: one of the main aims is to support those projects that could not be implementedwithout this support. The article is devoted to some problems of criteria.