Search

This article deals with the legal regulation, development, and mechanism of consumer loan insurance in Russia. The author presents statistical data of the Central Bank of Russia and identifies the current "bottlenecks" of the banking services market 1. Банковское кредитование : учебник / под ред. А. М. Тавасиева. М., 2012. 2. Банковское дело : учебник. / ред. кол. Н. И. Валенцева, О. И. Лаврушин, И. Д. Мамонова [и др.]. М., 2007. 3. Кроливецкая Л. П., Тихомирова Е. В. Банковское дело:...

The article stresses that, in the modern world, economic activities have a significant negative effect on environmental security. The human impact on the environment is a result of gross violations of environmental laws. The law enforcement measures introduced in the field of environmental pollution often prove to be ineffective. The complications associated with identifying environmental crimes and concrete offenders result in increasing latency of environmental crimes. There is a need to decrease...

This article considers the mechanism of financing of political parties in the Republic of Latvia. The author analyses the participation of financial and economic groups in the country’s political life. Key business actors affecting the formation of Latvian political system are identified. It is concluded that, since regaining independence in 1991, business has been a principal source of financing for Latvian political parties. The scope of financing of political parties in the republic depends on...

This article examines the main trends in the development of customer loyalty programmes and describes companies’ approaches to creating and implementing them. The authors identify the challenges facing companies that modify customer loyalty programmes in accordance with the features of the Russian institutional environment. 1. Гордон Я. Х. Маркетинг партнерских отношений. СПб., 2001. 2. Плотникова Е. А., Куликова З. В. Программа лояльности — дань моде или эффективный маркетинговый инструмент //...

The issue of structural policy in the Kaliningrad region remains pressing. Russia’s commitment to modernisation based on innovative development, overcoming the dependence on raw materials, and the current crisis phenomena require a transformation of the structure of region’s economy. An effective structural policy requires assessing the structural transfor-mation potential, identifying the rates and criteria of structural changes, and developing a mechanism of reforming the structure of economy...

The development of the tourism industry in the Kaliningrad region is identified as one of the priority areas of economic development. The existing tourism and recreational potential, favorable climatic conditions, and a large number of cultural and historical sites should contribute to the effective development of the region. The cluster approach should become a catalyst for the development of tourism and hospitality industry, which makes it possible to employ a comprehensive approach to the territorial...

This article addresses the issues of rational resource management as the priority areas of modern Russian public policy. The study focuses on vital resources and the identification and optimization of losses associated with such resources. The authors propose a system of indicators for assessing loss management designed to facilitate the solution of problems of increasing resource utilization efficiency. 1. Об ...

This article presents recommendations on the modelling of a functional and object development of coastal regional systems that would ensure the system adaptation and manageability in the conditions of environment uncertainty. To this end, the author employs the method of system definition, which makes it possible to identify the connection between the basic elements of the regional system ensuring its integrity and stability. Such approach to the system modelling ensures continuity and flexibility...

This article suggests forecasting socioeconomic and marketing processes in the Russian market conditions of a transitional period with the help of cluster modelling, which would significantly increase the objectivity of assessing the identified processes and the impact of research. 1. Воробьев Д. Н. Регулирование асимметрии социально-экономического развития муниципальных образований региона : автреф. дис. … канд. экон. наук.Пермь, 2005. 2. Макаров В. Л. Социальный кластеризм. Российский вызов...

The relatively rapid – however slower than forecasted — development o retail chains is characteristic of Russia in general, nevertheless it exhibits significant territorial differences. An attempt to identify the factors behind these differences through calculating the correlation coefficient made it possible to detect only one factor, whose value is close to essential: the geographical remoteness from Moscow. However, many regions of central Russia have a low share of retail chains. One cannot exclude...

This article considers the method of cluster formation through applying the principles of hierarchical cluster analysis of multidimensional statistical data of factors affecting the competitive advantages of hotel firms and its testing in the Kaliningrad hotel services market. The authors identify the clusters in the Kaliningrad hotel services market and describe the objects most involved in competition, as well as the objects potentially possessing both similar and unique factors affecting their...

This paper explores the influence of the development processes taking place in the Russian Empire on the Baltic Fleet. Five periods of the Baltic Fleet development are identified. The Fleet is interpreted as a significant element of the state mechanism for defending national interests in peace and wartime. 1. Горшков С. Г. Морская мощь государства. М., 1976. 2. История отечественного судостроения : в 5 т. СПб., 1994. Т. 1. 3. Гистория Свейской войны (Поденная записка Петра Великого) : в 2 т. М...

The subject of this study is the influence of area factors on the innovation activities of small enterprises. The main theoretical aspects of regional asymmetry of economic development are analyzed. The article presents the author’s method of assessing regional asymmetry of small enterprise innovation development and the mechanism of its diagnostics tested in the case of the regions of the Northwestern Federal District of the Russian Federation. The most meaningful factors affecting innovation activities...

This article analyses the ethnonymy and other ethnocultural markers (denomination, language) of the residents of Belarusian lands during the partitions of Poland on the basis of works by S. Plescheev, H. F. Hackmann, L. M. Maksimovich, V. M. Severgin, and other scholars. The urban population was ethnically identified as Polish, whereas the rural peasant one as predominantly Lithuanian. 1. Вуглік І. Р. Этнаніміка беларусаў XVII—XVIII ст.: экзаэтнонімы // Весці БДПУ. 2009. Сер. 2. Гісторыя. Філасофія...

This article analyses the historical prerequisites for the development of the legal framework for local self-governance in the last years of the USSR and RSFSR and the first years of the Russian Federation, as well as its role in the political system and the social life of modern Russia. The author identifies the key contradictions in power relations between public and local authorities. 1. Конституция Рос. Федерации [Электронный ресурс]. Доступ из справ.- правовой системы «КонсультантПлюс» (дата...

Every science uses the concepts, in which the knowledge accumulated by it is concentrated. The methodology of economic logistics is a general theoretical approach to studying material and related flows in economic systems that based on a special understanding of reality within a certain philosophical framework. As science, logistics applies the laws of organization of elements into a functional whole as a result of the practices of logistic structure formation. Alongside general laws, the system...

This article considers the formation of ethical codes in modern Russia. The authors investigate legal acts regulating the creation, implementation, and preservation of ethical standards. The article offers a system of ethical codes and identifies certain problems of their application. 1. Бережкова Н. Ф. Роль этических норм в деятельности органов прокуратуры Российской Федерации // Административное право и процесс. 2012. № 8. С. 62—64. 2. Буркова А. Этические нормы поведения в банковском секторе:...

This article considers the events of the 1930—1940s in the Baltics. The authors analyse changes in the political systems and international priorities of the ruling elites of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. The influence of domestic factors on solving the problem of independence preservation in the conditions of world war is identified. 1. Anušauskas A. Teroras ir nusikaltimai žmoniškumui. Pirmoji sovietinė okupacija. Terror and Crimes against Humanity. The First Soviet Occupation. Vilnius, 2006...

This article analyses the problems of civil law regulation, identifies contentious issues, and states that the dispositive principle can act as a basis for economic relations development. 1. О внесении изменений в главы 1, 2, 3 и 4 части первой Гражданского кодекса Российской Федерации : федеральный закон от 30.12.2012 № 302-ФЗ : ред.от 04.03.2013 // Собрание законодательства РФ. 2012. № 53, ч. 1, ст. 7627. 2. Зорькин В. Д. Выступление на Международной научно-практической конференции в г. Москве...

... identifies its shortcomings. The author stresses that new rules are not capable of solving the problem of legal regulation aimed to satisfy state requirements and will create additional complications in the use of terminology, application of legislation, identification of the scope of different regulations, and the correlation of private and public law regulation. 1. Борисов А. Н., Краев Н. А. Комментарий к федеральному закону от 21 июля 2005 г. № ...

This article considers the conflicting conditions of growth of rationality in the modern Russian society, identifies threats relating to the key trends in world community development, Russian science and education, and personality transformations. 1. Андреев А. Л. Общество и образование: социокультурный профиль России // Педагогика. 2002. № 6. С. 20—29. 2. Базовые ценности русских на рубеже ХХI века // Народное образование. 2002. № 5. С. 205—206. 3. Игнатьев В. И., Розанов Ф. И. Образование в...

This article identifies the principles behind the international protection of the marine environment of the Baltic Sea. The author analyses their content and legal force on the basis of the provisions of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, international conference declaration, as well as the judicial practice of the International Court of Justice, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, and international commercial arbitration courts. 1. Biernie P., Boyle A. International Law and the...

In view of the situational nature of investigative errors, the authors identify the most typical errors made in the course of interrogating women suspected (accused) of violent crimes. The article formulates a number of tactical recommendations on their avoidance and describes the ways to increase the efficiency of such interrogations. 1. Цветков С. И. Тактические ошибки следователя, их выявление и использование защитником на предварительном следствии и в суде // Тактика, методика и стратегия профессиональной...

This article presents proposals to ensure a balanced development of the strategic areas of regional specialization based on managerial decisionmaking in the conditions of the system uncertainty of integrated coastal interaction. To this end, it is suggested that a balanced scorecard system identifying the possibility of aligning such decisions and maintaining the synergy effect in the chosen directions of prospective ratio development is applied. 1. Теория систем и системный анализ в управлении...

This article offers an approach to the typology of regions based on competitiveness as an integral index of socioeconomic development. The author justifies the key criteria of systematization – the level and dynamics of competitiveness.The regions of three federal districts of the Russian Federation were grouped and competitive and problem regions were identified on the basis of earlier (2002-2011) calculated data on competitiveness. 1. Чернова Т. В. Экономическая статистика : учебное пособие. Таганрог...

This paper considers the medieval approach to resolving insolubles developed by T. Bradwardine. The article aims to reconstruct T. Bradwardine’s classification of insolubles and compare certain types identified by Bradwardine with the modern ideas of epistemic paradoxes. 1. Bradwardine T. Insolubilia. P., 2010. 2. Fitch's Paradox of Knowability // The Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. 2009. URL: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/fitch-paradox (дата обращения: 13.12.2012). 3. Read St. The...

This article examines transformation of the social administrative resources through different historical periods. The author suggests criteria for analyzing evolution of scientific views on public administration: sociological time and the volume of the social ties. On the basis of these criteria, the author identifies the stages of cardinal changes in public administration. The optimum administrative model is suggested for each of these stages. The article emphasizes the dependence of the changes...

Social advertising, which is growing fast nowadays, gives rise to a number of issues relating to its efficiency and impact on the audience. The author focuses on the current problems faced by social advertising in the Kaliningrad region and demonstrates a lack of variety in topics, as well as a limited range of the techniques applied. The paper tackles the problem of identifying the quality level of advertisements addressing various social needs. 1. Николайшвили Г. Г. Социальная реклама: теория...

This article classifies the concept of "business efficiency", which have been used by economic scholars for a long time. The innovative component of this work lies in the authors’ definition of media business efficiency alongside the identification of the primary goal of media company management in today’s Russia. The article offers a classification of methods of identifying different types of efficiency of media structures. 1. Бабань Ю. А. Совершенствование ...

This article examines foreign trade activities between the cooperating regions of the Union State of Russia and Belarus determined by the bilateral convergence of national economies for solving common economic problems and developing regional economies. The author identifies the degree of present cooperation, explores possible future scenarios, and emphasizes the key aspects of interaction between the regions. 1. Бильчак В. С. Приграничная экономика : монография. Калининград, 2001. 2. Прогнозирование...

... криминалистических технологий классификации, а также выявления и преодоления следственных ошибок. This article considers the situational approach as one of the key tools in the methodology of identification, classification and prevention of investigative failures. 1. Большая книга афоризмов. 7-е изд., испр. М., 2004. 2. Министерство внутренних дел Российской Федерации ...

Анализируются меры воздействия, применяемые к несовершеннолетним правонарушителям по законодательству России и законодательству Германии, выявляются общие и отличительные черты. This article analyses the enforcement actions against underage delinquents according to the legislation of Russian and Germany. The author identifies common and distinctive features. 1. Энциклопедия уголовного права / под ред. В. Б. Малинина. СПб., 2008. Т. 11. 2. Jugendgerichtsgesetz (JGG). URL: http://bundesrecht.juris...

Рассматриваются проблемы обеспечения в современных условиях количественной и качественной сохранности продовольственных товаров, поставляемых для длительного хранения в государственный резерв, которые в условиях формирования экономики информационного общества имеют принципиально новое звучание. Анализируются вопросы сохранения качества и безопасности продовольственных товаров в процессе хранения. Обосновывается необходимость модернизации производ- ства продуктов питания с учетом инновационных достижений...

This article is an attempt to identify the role of peasant affairs institutions in the governmental system of post-reform Russia. The subject of the research is the public policy towards peasant affairs agencies during the second half of the 19th century. Special attention is paid to the change of the legal status and authority of these institutions and their relations with local authorities and population. 1. Катаев М. М. Местные крестьянские учреждения 1861, 1874, 1889 гг. СПб.,1911—1912...

English-Russian state-to-state relations in the second half of the 19th/ beginning of the 20th century are distinguished by complex character and dramatic shifts from cooperation to confrontation and vice versa. Different circumstances and factors, including the level of trade and economic contacts, affected the condition of English-Russian relations. The author analyses the principal stages of the evolution of trade and economic contacts between Great Britain and Russia from the Crimean war to the...

This article analyses the major ideological campaigns of 1946—1953 on the basis of earlier unknown materials from the archival funds of Kaliningrad kolkhozes. The author considers the influence of campaigns on the mass consciousness of peasants and their social behaviour from the perspective of «everyday history». Special attention is paid to the ideas of rural residents about themselves and the word, and their reaction to major social and political events. The author comes to a conclusion that,...

Рассматриваются особенности финансово-хозяйственной деятельности образовательных учреждений: особое внимание уделяется специфике осуществления образовательными учреждениями предпринимательской деятельности, а также гражданско-правовому регулированию имущественных отношений в сфере образования; определяются достоинства и недостатки законодательного подхода к режиму финансирования образовательных учреждений, указывается на проблемы, возникающие при осуществлении деятельности на основе субсидий. ...

Анализируются точки зрения на проблему медицинского критерия ограниченной вменяемости, выявляется соотношение психических рас-стройств, не исключающих вменяемости, психических аномалий и пограничных расстройств. This article analyses different perspectives on medical criterion of diminished responsibility, and identifies the ratio of mental disorders not excluding sanity, mental anomalies, and border disorders. 1. Понятовская Т. Г. Концептуальные основы и содержание института вменяемости в уголовном...

... focuses on the interpretation of Kant’s political philosophy given by V. Gerhardt within his “existential liberalism” and by J. Habermas in the applied part of his communicative theory. The author addresses similarity and complementarity in the identification of political agent and its properties. 1. Кант И. К вечному миру // Соч. : в 6 т. М., 1966. Т. 6. С. 257—347. 2. Кант И. Предполагаемое начало человеческой истории ...

... democratic integration in Latvia. URL: http://www.baltexpert.com/2010/02/04/national-identity-and-the-democratic-integrationinlatvia/ (дата обращения: 12.03.2012). 13. Petithomme M. Is there a European Identity? National Attitudes and Social Identification toward the European Union // Journal of Identity and Migration Studies. 2008. Vol. 2. URL: http://www.e-migration.ro/jims/Vol2_no1_2008/JIMS_vol2_no1_2008_PETITHOMME.pdf (дата обращения: 24.03.2012). 14. Pichler F. European ...

This article offers data on the results of a survey of students of humanities of Kaliningrad universities. The survey was dedicated to the assessment of maturity of historical consciousness in youth. The author characterises the general picture of knowledge of regional history and identifies the gaps.

This article offers an analysis of the basic issues of introduction of special legal treatment of investment activity in the Kaliningrad region, describes the main features of investment treatment, and identifies several problems relating to the improvement of legislation and legal practices in this sphere. 1. Об Особой экономической зоне в Калининградской области и о внесении изменений в некоторые законодательные акты Российской Федерации : федеральный закон от 10 января 2006 г. № 16-ФЗ // Собрание...

This article focuses on the features of political news communication. The author pays attention to various journalist techniques used in news delivery and identifies the most effective means to disseminate news. 1. Антипов К. В. Паблик рилейшнз : учеб. пособ. М., 2002. 2. Газетные жанры : учеб. пособ. / под ред. М. С. Черепахова. 2-е изд. М., 1976. 3. Дейк Т. А. ван. Язык. Познание. Коммуникация : сб. работ. М., 1989. 4. Федотова Л. Н. Анализ содержания — социологический метод изучения...

This article considers common and distinctive features of legal status of various institutions (autonomous, budget, government and private ones). Special attention is paid to the legal procedure of financial provision of their activities and property regime. The author identifies the advantages and disadvantages of the new legislative approach to the status of institutions. 1. О некоммерческих организациях : федеральный закон от 12.01.1996 № 7-ФЗ (ред. от 18.07.2011) // СЗ РФ. 1996. № 3. Ст. 145...

This article focuses on the daily life and problems of the development of new collective farms in the Kaliningrad region (1946—1953) on the basis of earlier unknown archive documents. The study sets out to broaden our perception of the phenomenon of totalitarianism and transformations in the Soviet society in the last years of Stalin's regime, as well as to identify the specific features of regional history at this stage. 1. История сельского хозяйства Калининградской области. Калининград, 2006...

This article offers an overview of the basic characteristics of the Baltic Sea and stresses the need for closer cooperation between states in the Baltic Sea environment protection. The author identifies the universal and regional levels of cooperation between states in marine environment protection. Special attention is paid to the activity of the European Union in the field of the Baltic Sea environment protection. 1. Resolution A.982(24) of the Assembly of International Maritime Organization...

Анализируется научная проблема типологии мировой юстиции, рассмотрены различные варианты классификаций мировой юстиции и мировых судов. Обосновывается авторская типология мировой юстиции, основанная на структурно-функциональном подходе к исследуемому объекту. Предложенная типология предполагает логическое деление объема понятия «мировая юстиция» по разновидностям признаков, которые присущи отдельным его элементам. Индуктивное объединение единичных национальных моделей в более общие группы позволяет...

This article analyses the formation of a new type of rationality in N. Lobachevsky's works. The author identifies the reasons for hostility against the new theory of outstanding Russian mathematicians and pays special attention to the development of rationality in Russian philosophical thought of the 19th century. 1. Архив АН СССР. Ф. 1. Оп 3. № 19. 2. Вавилов С. И. Исаак Ньютон. 4-е изд., доп. М., 1989. 3. Гнеденко Б. В. М. В. Остроградский. Очерки жизни, научного творчества и педагогической...

This article analyses the axiological features of the phenomenon of rationality of acting in the framework of social-philosophical and cultural discourse. The author identifies the functions of philosophical education in the conditions of system crisis of modern civilization. Philosophical education is considered as a means to increase rationality of thinking and acting. 1. Бохеньский Ю. М. Духовная ситуация времени // Вопросы философии. 1993. № 5. С. 94—98. 2. Диев В. С. Управление. Философия...

This article reveals the key problems in the activity of small enterprises in Russia in view of the stage of enterprise’s life cycle of and its industry features. The author identifies the areas of formation and implementation of financial policies in small business. 1. О развитии малого и среднего предпринимательства в Российской Федерации : федеральный закон Российской Федерации от 24 июля 2007 г. № 209-ФЗ. [Электронный ресурс]. Доступ из справ.-правовой системы «КонсультантПлюс»....