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This article presents a modern interpretation of the concept of ‘geoeconomic situation’ as applied to one of the most important centers of the Baltic region — the St. Petersburg agglomeration. The coastal location of the agglomeration and close connections with the Leningrad region make it possible ...

... study contributes to a better understanding of the mechanisms of efficient integration policy development. The article presents an overview of the major forms of social integration of migrants. The author analyses the existing sociological theories and concepts, as well as the practice of implementing supranational policies of integrating third country nationals in the European Union and its major aspects and mechanisms. On the basis of statistical data and with the help of correlation analysis, the ...

This article presents the results of comprehensive research the migration situation in the region and the practices of migration management in the framework of risk theory within modern society studies. The key target group of the study are the migrants who have arrived to the region within the Federal Repatriation Programme. The work is based on numerous expert interviews of migration officials.The article analyses written queries to regional ministries on the assessment of local recruiting needs...

... political rather than economic nature. The projects to develop alternative power grids and high-speed railways can result in large-scale economic downturns diminishing the prospects of balanced social development. The author addresses the classical concepts of the theory of regional economy and new economic geography and their interpretation of the interconnection between political and economic factors. The article aims to demonstrate the inconsistency between political and economic objectives of ...

... Transformative Paths in Central and Eastern, Warsaw, Institute of Polish Studies, 206 p. 4. Wasilewski, J. 2010, Political Elites as an Agent of Social Change: The Polish Perspective. In: Silbereisen, R. K., Chen, X. Social Change and Human Development: Concept and Results, SAGE Publications Ltd. 5. Wasilewski, J. 2009, Politicheskaja jelita srednej stupeni: problematika issledovanija [The political elite middle stage: research issues], POLITJeKS — POLITicheskaja JeKSpertiza [Political Expertise],...

... [Socio-economic aspects of the seaside position Canadian province of Quebec], Izvestiya RAN. Seriya Geograficheskaya [Regional Research of Russia], no. 3, p. 14—25. 19. Melnik, D. A. 2012, O ponjatii mezhdunarodnogo transportnogo regiona [On the concept of international transport region], Vestnik Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, no. 1, p. 149—153. 20. Demidov, N. 2007, Na vostochnom fronte vremja peremen [On the eastern front in Transition], Ekspert Severo-Zapad, no. 39 (341), 22 October,...

This article examines policies of Moscow and Brussels in the Baltics since the launch of the European Union’s Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region in June 2009. An increase in the efficiency of Russia’s policy in the region requires not only the development of bilateral relations with the region’s countries but also a dialogue with the European Union, the key player in the Baltic. The author identifies Russian economic, military, political, and humanitarian interests in the region, and describes the...

... sotrudnichestva, no. 1 (56) : Issledovanija processov setevogo sotrudnichestva v Baltijskom regione, p. 5. 3. Inshakov, O. V., Frolov, D. P. 2007, Institucional'nost' prostranstva v koncepcii prostranstvennoj jekonomiki [Institutional space in the concept of spatial economics], Prostranstvennaja ekonomika [Spatial economics], no. 1, p. 5—21. 4. Pravila plavanija po vnutrennim vodnym putjam Rossijskoj Federacii sportivnyh parusnyh sudov i progulochnyh sudov pod flagami inostrannyh gosudarstv ...

... of the Russian Federation of December 20, 2012 № 2433-r], 2012. 3. O Koncepcii gosudarstvennoj politiki Rossijskoj Federacii v oblasti mezhdunarodnogo nauchno-tehnicheskogo sotrudnichestva: Prikaz Minnauki RF ot 04 fevralja 2000 g. №25 [On the Concept of State Policy of the Russian Federation in the field of international scientific and technical cooperation: Order of the Ministry of Science of the Russian Federation dated February 4, 2000, no. 25], 2000. 4. Boyko, A. N. 2006, Opyt innovacionnogo ...

... Finnish companies into the post-communist countries of the Baltic Region. Which, in its turn, allowed the Nordic investors to expand their domestic markets. The analysis also shows that the experience of private businesses proves a recent theoretical concept — the pyramid of regional development factors. As a result, the actual regional policy of the EU cannot be considered in the narrow sense of the Cohesion Policy alone. 1. Joenniemi, P. 2010, The EU strategy for the Baltic region: where are ...

Different political elite groups of post-communist Lithuania offer different accounts of the Soviet past. Even twenty years later, after the collapse of communism Lithuanian politicians (with the exception of certain conservative anti-nostalgic leaders allied with some populists) still do not have a unified and coherent view on the Soviet political and social practices, truths, and methods. However, conservatives are very consistent in their restrictive views about the past and are willing to engage...

This article argues that urban poverty pockets emerged in Poland in the course of the system transformation towards capitalism. The main poverty drivers were the three overlapping processes: de-industrialization, ‘dewelfarization’ and de-institutionalization of the family accompanied by the devolution of social care management from the central to the local government. The enclaves of poverty emerged as a result of better-off residents leaving dilapidated blocks of flats and both spontaneous and deliberate...

The article analyzes the development of EU — Russia energy relations through the lens of the evolution of three parameters: the political agenda (the Energy Dialogue), the institutional structure, and the legal modalities. The identification of these three aspects for assessing the evolution of EU — Russia energy relations is the novelty in the author’s approach. This study aims to identify the previous stages and assess the current state of EU — Russia energy dialogue, since they set out conditions...

This article focuses on the genesis of and correlation between the related concepts of enclave and exclave and the scope of their use in different sciences, fields of knowledge, and everyday speech. The author examines the circumstances of their emergence in the reference and professional literature in the Russian language. ...