Much attention was paid to the implementation of financial reforms in the Russian Empire. The most significant works include works on the history of finance. It is particularly important to emphasize the importance of research on the formation of the Ministry of Finance, which was an integral part of the financial and legal reform in the empire of the first half of the XIX century. Archaic, contradictory legal norms, lagging behind public relations, the constant growth of public debt, the absence of a single state budget, high inflation rates and a chronic budget deficit are features that characterize the financial system of the Russian Empire at the turn of the XVIII-XIX centuries.

The need for a correct assessment of investments taking into account all particularities and risks of investments is described and grounded in this article. The objective of this research is to carry out an analysis of investment management tools and existing assessment methods of an investment project and to find optimal paths of useful effect obtaining from investment activity. In spite of a significant quantity of works on investment problem, investment activity and investment prospects, many aspects have not been studied yet extensively. Because of this, the irrational and inefficient solutions when developing and implementation of investment projects are made in regions frequently. Works of the leading academic economists are studied and theoretical and methodological foundations of investment project assessment are generalized in this research. And also management methods of real investments are considered that allow being receptive to changing factors with more profits for yourself and a company considering Russian specifics of macroeconomic processes.

The topic of attracting investment is especially relevant for our country, taking into account the diversity of regions, the different rates of their economic development, the state of production, financial, and business infrastructure. Timely and proper use of investments ensures the socio-economic development of the region, contributes to the creation of new jobs and, as a result, improves the welfare of its population. The volume and effectiveness of attracting investment in the country's economy directly depends on the investment attractiveness of its regions. Despite the large number of works on the issue of investment, investment activity and investment attractiveness, many aspects of this topic have not yet been adequately studied. For this reason, irrational and ineffective decisions are often made in the regions in the formation and implementation of investment projects. The scientific article is devoted to the analysis of the main issues regarding the direction of improving investment processes and activities in the economy of the Chechen Republic. The key trends that occur in the investment market of the Russian Federation, including the fundamental factors that affect them, are analyzed. An economic analysis of investment activity in the Chechen Republic is carried out. The main benefits and drawbacks of the process of attracting investments in the development of the economy of the Chechen Republic are identified. The key indicators characterizing the growth opportunities of the investment potential are analyzed. The ways of forming and improving the mechanism for attracting investment in the economy are proposed.