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Russia is a large multinational country where people with diverse cultures live and work. The article highlights the problem: against the background of the interaction of the diversity of cultures due to the insufficient level of moral consciousness and multicultural competence, unfortunately, misunderstandings arise, which leads to the separation of people for any reason: skin color, eye shape, clothing, language, a different view of the world, etc. All this is no exception in the professional sphere: conflicts between specialists, consumers, infringement of rights, unfair reduction of professional skills and abilities of worthy specialists, unequal competition, and incorrect division due to nationality. Therefore, today multicultural competence stands out as one of the components of the result of education through the formation of proper competencies in the system of vocational education in Russia. The article reveals the importance of the formation of multicultural competencies among accreditation experts. The authors reviewed the document "Standard of professional activity of accreditation experts CM No. 04.1-9.0004", identified skills that relate to the formation of multicultural competence, also analyzed the training program, which was presented on the official website of Rosaccreditation for accreditation experts for the 1st and 2nd quarter of 2022. The authors identified the problem that there are no specific specifics in the material considered and little information about multicultural skills, after which recommendations were given. The paper also reveals the importance of the activities of experts, that is, accreditation in the formation of intercultural communications between Russia and other countries: confirmation for certification bodies of interethnic competencies, ensuring the trust of other countries. The article will be of interest to specialists both in the field of conformity assessment and in the field of education.

The paper investigates the mid-term results of the tariff regulation influence on the amount of capital expenditures in Russian electricity distribution sector. We estimate panel data with the dynamic investment model using system GMM method. We showed that horizon of tariff regulation period is statistically significant and transition from the short-term regulation to the long-term tariff system had positive effect on the amount of regulated companies' investments. At the same time we found that the design of long-term regulation applied in Russia in 2009–2013 (type of RAB-regulation and long-term indexation) was not statistically significant to the amount of investments. All over all, the amount of investments in electricity distribution networks has similar to European peers explanatory factors. The obtained results are important to the further improvement of regulation in power energy and can be applied in district heating as well.

The article assesses single wholesale network (SWN) model - concentration of access to key infrastructure facilities within one company - for developing 5G. The main argument in favor of SWN is the possible capex savings, which are highly relevant in Russia. But setting up SWN will require state regulation which implies additional costs. The article shows limitations for SWN's efficiency presenting quantitative analysis of the consequences associated with the SWN's incentives to inflate capex, regulation inefficiency, guaranteeing non-discriminatory access as well as additional costs to comply with state procurement rules. The methodology may be used for regulatory impact assessment that make the article especially valuable in analysis of state intervention.