Assessment of anti-crisis support measures for regional small businesses before and after lockdowns in 2020
The stagnation situation in which Russian small business continues to find itself after the end of the second wave of the pandemic, makes the transformation of the system of its state support actual. The paper assesses the trends in the development of small and medium-sized businesses in the regions on the eve of the pandemic, as well as innovations introduced into business practice. Based on the analysis of the state of SMEs, it was concluded that it is necessary to switch from direct to indirect measures of state support aimed at improving the conditions for the business community and increasing the concentration of the business environment at the regional level.