Key Points in Resolving Conflicts of Interest in the Public Service: Methodological Approach

Conflict of interest in the public service remains an urgent problem, since it can lead to various negative consequences, such as corruption, decreased efficiency of individual entities, loss of public trust, and others. Purpose: to analyze the main features and conceptual provisions of such legal category as “conflict of interest” in the Russian legislation and to reflect the main characteristics of this phenomenon that arises in connection with its interpretation and the analysis of the problem. Methods: empirical methods of comparison, descriptions, theoretical, private scientific. Results: proposals to improve the legislation in the part of conflict of interest regulation were formulated, the changes in current legislation, in accordance with the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 478 of August 16, 2021, “On the National Anti-Corruption Plan for 2021–2024”, and the priority areas for combating corruption and the fight corruption tools were analyzed.