title: SHADOW ECONOMY IN THE NEW REGIONS OF RUSSIA
abstract: The subject of this study is the shadow economy in the new constituent entities of the Russian Federation (DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions) during their intensive socio-economic integration (2022–2025). The purpose of the work is to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the dual nature of the shadow sector, going beyond the traditional perception of it as an exclusively destructive phenomenon. The main research findings show that in the context of an institutional vacuum, the destruction 
journal: Vestnik Volgogradskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta Ekonomika