The relevance of the study is that a comparative analysis of the conditions of readiness for neo-industrialization of economic systems (states, regions, industrial complexes, industrial enterprises), taking into account the totality of obstacles and risks, makes it possible to establish competitive advantages and weaknesses of objects, strategic and operational directions, effective tools for achieving goals in a new technological order. The aim of the study is to carry out a comparative analysis of the conditions for the readiness of the industry in Russia and Ukraine for neo-industrialization based on digitalization. The methodological basis of the research is made up of general and general scientific methods of cognition, as well as the concrete historical method, the comparative historical method, the method of the unity of the historical and the logical, the method of comparative analysis, etc. Considering that Russia and Ukraine had equal starting conditions for the beginning of neo-industrialization after the collapse of the USSR, and in the post-Soviet period there were a number of general tendencies in de-industrialization, then the modern experience of Russia should be considered as a standard for a number of post-Soviet countries. The article presents the main results of a comparative analysis of obstacles (institutional, technological, socio-economic) to neo-industrialization in Russia and Ukraine. It has been substantiated that synergistic and multiplier effects from neo-industrialization can be obtained through complex solutions in the spheres of institutions, technologies and economics. The study also presents a classification of risks (by levels of formation: global, supra-organizational, including sectoral, organizational; by areas: social, environmental, cyber-physical, etc.) of neo-industrialization and assessed them. It has been established that against the background of the continuing «active» processes of de-industrialization in the Ukrainian industry, the Russian industry has a much higher degree of readiness for neo-industrialization, including due to the digitalization of the manufacturing industry. The process of de-industrialization in Ukraine can be stopped only with economic integration with Russia. Having a sufficiently high scientific and educational potential, states should transform it as actively as possible into fundamental innovations: technological, institutional, managerial, product innovations. The practical significance of the obtained research results lies in the fact that the developed scientific and methodological approaches allow assessing the level of readiness of economic systems for neo-industrialization and comparative analysis with the standard, diagnosing competitive advantages and weaknesses, which should be further taken into account when justifying and implementing strategic and operational decisions. In subsequent publications, the results will be presented, reflecting the developed applied directions and proposed measures to accelerate the neoindustrialization of the two countries, taking into account the spatial and industrial, technological, institutional, organizational and managerial, financial and economic and quantitative (economic and mathematical modeling of the «digital factor» of production) aspects.

Abstract. In modern conditions, taking into account the development priorities of both Russia and Ukraine, one of the urgent tasks is to carry out neo-industrialization, which is especially important for ensuring their national security and leveling geopolitical threats. The purpose of the article is to substantiate the strategic priorities of the neo-industrialization of Russia and Ukraine in the context of sectoral and spatial aspects, as well as to systematize a set of technologies and tools for their implementation. The research methodology was based on the general and general scientific methods of cognition, as well as the concrete historical method, the comparative historical method, the method of the unity of the historical and the logical, the method of comparative analysis, statistical methods. As a result of the calculations (development coefficient), ratings of the priorities for the neoindustrialization of Russia and Ukraine by type of economic activity (in accordance with the Classification of Economic Activities) were compiled. Based on the study of foreign experience and comparison of the practice of neo-industrialization in Russia and in Ukraine, the general strategic priorities of the digital transformation of industry and the instrumental support of this process are formulated. The scientific novelty of the research lies in the development of methodological tools for substantiating the strategic priorities of neoindustrialization and systematization of classical, alternative instruments for its provision, including technological, financial, credit and institutional. The general strategic objectives of the neo-industrialization of Russia and Ukraine are formulated. It is substantiated that the formation of network integration structures in the most developed industries should be one of the priorities of its neo-industrialization. The practical significance of the research results is that within the framework of testing the developed scientific and methodological approaches, the diagnostics of the competitive advantages and weaknesses of the industry was carried out on the example of the two countries on the basis of a comparative analysis and strategic priorities were established, taking into account the sectorial and spatial aspects, which in the future may be accounting for the justification and implementation of strategic and operational decisions. Directions for further research will focus on quantifying the expected results of neo-industrialization in industry at the expense of the «digital» factor using econometric methods.