Marketing analysis of the preferences buyers in the retail segment pharmaceutical business old-industrial region
... mainly represented by small businesses, leads to the struggle for each customer, who is becoming increasingly demanding when it comes to the quality of medicines and medical services. The article identifies the main problems and factors affecting the development of the retail segment of the pharmaceutical business of the old industrial region. The author offers a methodology of the assessment of consumer preferences and presents the results of marketing analysis of customer preferences in the retail ...
Resilience of cultural attitudes of local communities to risks: the «group / grid» model
The study focuses on the empirical test of the grid/group model applied to the actual perception of the environmental risks by the local community (the case of the potassium mine development in the village of Nivenskoe, the Kaliningrad region). It tests to what extent the structure of the theoretically constructed cultural types (hierarchist, egalitarian, individualist, fatalist) being reproduced within the structure of the ...
Transformation of the institutional matrix of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania within the Russian Empire
... (Grand Duchy of Lithuania lands) into the Russian Empire. Those events had a major impact on the ensuing historical path of Belarus, which makes it more urgent to be studied. Herein, we employ the institutional approach supplemented with the recently developed theory of institutional matrices. It is revealed that when a state is formed out of elements with essentially different institutional matrices, there becomes possible a transplantational dysfunction of institutions, which in turn can ...
The racial issue in the context of the activation of intraparty pressure groups in Great Britain in the 1950―1960 s
The relevance of the article is connected with the evolution of the racial issue, which includes a large amount of different social problems. These problematic developed after the Second World War and still stay a very important. This article provides an analysis of the evolution of special lobbies in British political system, and their influence on the creation of political decisions in this sphere of migration ...
Social standards of motherhood and childhood in the world and Russia
... into account changes in society and economy. For comparison, European, Asian, Latin American state programs supporting motherhood and childhood are investigated, which are largely determined by the current demographic situation, the level of economic development, historical, religious and cultural peculiarities.
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2. Герасимова Н. В. Социальные стандарты — ориентиры развития социальной ...
Regional innovation security as a coherence of multi-cyclic self-organizing: experience in building an ideal model
... shift), which is analogous to the acoustic beat effect in the propagation of wave phenomena in natural environments. The same phenomenon becomes a factor of vulnerability of the regional system in relation to irregularly occurring and turbulently developing impulses of the external environment.
The theoretical model and hypothesis are verified on the basis of empirical data on the Western border regions of Russia as the most vulnerable zone in modern geo-turbulent conditions. The study provides ...
European and Eurasian integration: similarities and differences
The article studies the development of integration processes in Europe and Eurasia. The purpose of scientific research is to identify the similarities and differences between European and Eurasian integration. The theoretical relevance of the research lies in the comparison ...
Organized crime in the Soviet Russia: the paradox of institutionalization. Part One.
The aim of the study is to define the role of organized crime in Russia over a major period in the 20th century, and analyze transformation that this criminal activity underwent. The article opens with the analysis of the development processes of the organized crime typical for the Soviet society. It is shown that in the Soviet period of history, organized crime, inheriting the previous organizational forms, acquired new features that reflected particular features of the ...
The Legal Regulation of the EU Immigrant Integration Policy
... However, in the aftermath of the migrant crisis in Europe, this problem has been receiving increased attention. I systematize legal instruments for immigrant integration, analyse the conditions of the system formation, emphasize trends in the policy development, and examine the formation of relevant legislation at a national level in the case of Germany. Using the method of legal analysis, I suggest the following system of legal regulation of the EU immigrant integration policy: ‘soft law’ instruments ...
Theoretical analysis of fuzzy logic and Q. E. method in economics
This paper analyzes the key elements of fuzzy logic and showes that through rational, behavioral economics and neo-classical economics it is possible to develop models using the Q. E. methodology. Therefore, it is plausible to apply contemporaneous Q. E. methodology in combination with the rationality and the behavioral approach. The fuzzy logic and the generator is the source of this mechanism for ...
The legal regime of information systems in Russian agriculture
In this article, I consider the development and use of information systems in the case of Russia’s agricultural industry. I compare the information system with information and the information infrastructure and show that agriculture lacks a single information infrastructure. Further,...
The Innovation-Promoting and Economic Functions of the State: An Analysis of Interrelations (the Case of the Republic of Belarus)
In this article, I address the relationship and interactions between the innovation- promoting and economic functions of the state. In today’s condition, a solution to the major problem of national economic development lies in the employment of advanced technology. I identify the areas where the innovative function of the state overlaps with its economic subfunctions. I propose and validate a logical model for relations between the innovation-promoting and ...
Developing the computer database as a structural element of geoinformation system on the pogrom movement history
The article analyzes of the creation of a computer database on the pogrom movement history. In the research, systematization methods enabled to prepare several maps with a breakdown of the pogroms' speeches by time intervals in accordance with the main stages of the revolutionary process of 1917—1918 and the composition of participants. One of the objectives of this work is to demonstrate the need to optimize the databases and offer the most illustrative thematic maps. The study resulted in...
Behavioral geoeconomics: a problem statement
... employ relies on critical analysis, the noosphere economy concept, and the systemic-behavioural approach to economic processes and phenomena. In analysing existing approaches to the state and the socio-economic evolution, I emphasise the need to develop a special approach – a behavioural geoeconomics. It perceives states as single-order actors in the external and internal segments of the economic space. I propose to treat states as economic agents of a special type, which have resources, ...
From the History of the Kokand branch of the Volga-Kama Commercial Bank
... intermediary between the metropolis and the periphery. At first glance, the ‘colonial’ periphery seemed an attractive destination for investment and a source of superprofits. However, the speculative Turkestani economy did not leave room for bank development.
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2. Беляев С. Г. Французский капитал и образование ...
How did Lithuania draw up its present borders? Part II
... Soviet period of its history. Facts and factors influencing decisions on the territorial issues of Lithuanian statehood are considered through the prism of relations between the Soviet republics and the central authorities of the USSR. The economic development of Soviet Lithuania was a decisive factor in the republic’s territorial organization and management. By accepting the existing borders in the post-Soviet period Russia showed its aspiration to establish and develop genuinely good neighbourly ...
National monetary policy and the role of banks in increasing its efficiency
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On determining the import-replacement share for mechanical engineering in the Kaliningrad region
... technological level and it was chosen as the object of the current research. The authors identify technological safety within more general scope of national security typology. The article reflects on the empirical data on the scale of mechanical engineering development in industrialized countries. The analysis of import flows of the North-Western subjects of the RF revealed that regional enterprises significantly lack technologically innovative machines and equipment. It brings about the conclusion that ...
Geopolitical development potential of the Russian exclusive region: search for key strategy and mechanisms for its implementation in new conditions
The challenges of regional strategic development planning for contemporary Russia are of major socio-economic and political importance. With regard to the Kaliningrad region since when it was established, the problem of choosing a development strategy has always been and remained an ...
Regional history at the Kaliningrad Museum of History and Art (1946–1991)
... and later transformations of the historical exposition at the Kaliningrad Regional Museum of History and Art. Analysis of exhibition boards dedicated to the past of the region reveals the political and ideological context in which local museums developed. Moreover, it renders it possible to describe the politics of memory pursued by the local authorities and trace changes that took place in the regional historical consciousness from the first post-war years until Perestroika.
1. Архив ...
Correlation-regression analysis of bitcoin characteristics
... криптовалют. URL:
http://elitetrader.ru/index.php?newsid=369391
(дата обращения: 14.01.2018).
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The content of morality as an object of constitutional and legal protection
The article develops the concept of «morality» and establishes its content as an object of constitutional and legal protection. The author analyzes some legal provisions related to the protection of public morality. Another issue which is considered in this publication ...
The origins of confrontation with Western countries and the “Munich speech” of Vladimir Putin
... Putin’s proposal and continued to support the dominance policy pursued by their main ally, the US, towards other countries. The article identifies the reasons for the deterioration of relations between Russia and Western countries, which influenced the development of political processes in the world recently.
1. Бжезинский З. Б. Идея сдерживания превратилась в догму // Россия в глобальной политике. 2008. № 1.
2. В Китае ...
On certain groups in the Soviet outbound tourism (on the example of the Kaliningrad region)
They urgency of this topic is caused by poor knowledge of specific issues in development of Soviet outbound tourism, especially on the regional scale. The purpose of this research is to define the functional aim and effectiveness of use of specialized tourist groups in the structure of outbound tourism in the Kaliningrad region....
On the question of the reliability of witnesses’ testimony
The author explores separate aspects of the genesis of testimony. Obtaining reliable testimony from witnesses is the main objecting of this research. The author reflects on the latest developments in science, which expand a range of methods used for studying human psyche and personality as a source of information about the crime event. Based on the analysis of the current methods for obtaining reliable testimony, the author draws a ...
Antecedents to the idea of constitutional control in the French legal thought of the Enlightenment
In this article, I consider the institution of constitutional control and its development during the Enlightenment. I stress that enlighteners thoroughly disapproved of French parliaments as forerunners of modern bodies of constitutional justice and explain why this was the case. In an early modern state, conditions for constitutional ...
Children's daily life play in the post-war years (based on the material of the Ukrainian SSR)
... materials and the results of the questionnaire. The study allows to identify the main types of toys and gaming activities, common among Soviet children in the post-war years. It was determined that the post-war devastation had negative consequences for the development of the Soviet toy industry, but this did not affect the content aspect of the very subculture of childhood itself during the period under study.
1. Абашкина Е. В. Советский пионерский лагерь: от послевоенного ...
On the 20th anniversary of the Department of criminal procedure, criminology and legal Informatics of the I. Kant Baltic Federal University
The modern stage of education development is characterized by new approaches to the departmental activities in the leading universities of Russia, changes in the evaluation of the activities’ outcomes, the functions of departmental heads. The purpose of the research was to ...
On the essence of forensic identification
In this article, we discuss the importance of forensic identification as a source of tactical information. Although the theory of identification is a mature and developed element of forensic science, some authors grossly misinterpret its essence and incorrectly classify its objects. When embedded in research publications and textbooks, these misconceptions translate into university graduates and specialists ...
Kaliningrad Exclave: Electoral Specificity
... changes caused by exclave status, as well as to the policy of the federal center in relation to the region. Using calculations of coefficient of loyalty of voting for election participants, the author identifies the main electoral features that have developed over 27 years.
1. Алаев Э. Б. Социально-экономическая география : понятийно-терминологический словарь. М., 1983.
2. Бабурин В. Л. Президентские выборы ...
An “ideal city”, its statics and dynamics
The article develops an ‘ideal city’ theme and focuses on the relationships of its statics and dynamics in a mobile local-global context. The author offers the definitions of these two notions under historical and modern conditions, and determines the specificity ...
Convergence of legal thinking from the perspective of the uncertainty principle
... extrapolating methodologies from across disciplines to the theory of law. We propose to extrapolate to jurisprudence the principles of uncertainty, which implies that a legal rule cannot deal with both elements of moral law and rules of conduct. I conclude that developing a single framework for the understanding of law by converging methodologies from across disciplines will help to identify new facets of law.
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2. Гейзенберг ...
Fiscal policies stimulating private investment in the Special Economic Zone in the Kaliningrad region
... that the investment and tax mechanism that forms the basis of the SEZ in the Kaliningrad region have not been effective enough. The use of these mechanisms has not yet led to the achievement of the main goal of the SEZ-based accelerated socio-economic development of the region. The study is of interest for those interested in investment problems in the Kaliningrad Special Economic Zone and other Russian special economic territories.
1. Анализ инвестиционной привлекательности ...
Information resource for corporate reporting for the innovative attractiveness of business
... the reporting indicators, which synthesizes the formats of non-financial reporting used. Corporate non-financial reporting in its synthesized format clearly demonstrates the objective state of business and the possibility of implementing a business development strategy.
1. Абдуганиев Н. Н., Федоров М. В. Нефинансовая отчетность и подход к ее разработке как важнейшему элементу социальной политики ...
Certain issues of correlation between the international financial law and the EU law
The problem if interaction between the international financial law (IFL) and the EU law has become particularly vital in this integrational entity where a special legal system was created. It has been developing until now and carries the features of the both international and municipal law. Global financial crisis and subsequent sovereign debt crisis have substantially changed global financial architecture and led to a comprehensive reform of the financial ...
European court of human rights’ judgments in the legal system of the Federal Republic of Germany
... system of civil law are unique in their character. The authors argue that there is a certain correlation between the legal position of the state in the prerevolutionary Russia and Russia of today. The article ends with a conclusion It is necessary to develop a new conception of the participation of the state in civil relations.
1. Haß S. Die Urteile des Europäischen Gerichtshofs für Menschenrechte. Charakter, Bindungswirkung und Durchsetzung. Peter Lang GmbH. Frankfurt a/M, 2006.
2. Основной ...
Environmental aspect of the current Arctic Strategy of Sweden
... power, Sweden was not able to present a comprehensive environmental part of its Arctic strategy and did not try to update the environmental agenda in the Arctic. Sweden’s Arctic Strategy is aimed at maintaining a policy of sustainable and balanced development in the Arctic region. However, in reality, it requires great efforts and concrete measures not only from Sweden, but also from other participants of international relations.
1. Выступление Владимира Путина на Международном ...
Civil law of pre-revolutionary Russia as a factor of influence for the development of modern legal doctrine (the case of the personality of the state)
... basic elements of the Russian system of civil law, which are unique in their character. The author draws a conclusion about certain similarities in defining the legal position of the state in pre-revolutionary and contemporary Russia. It is necessary to develop new concepts of state participation in civil relations.
1. Бондарь Т. В. Государственная корпорация как инструмент модернизации экономики // Известия Иркутской ...
Interdepartmental collaboration for the prevention of drug addiction in young people: general conclusions and recommendations
... describes the results of a drug abuse survey in Krasnodar Krai. Special attention is paid to several risk groups: students of comprehensive schools, higher and vocational education institutions and colleges. The authors suggest a set of measures aimed at developing interdepartmental collaboration for the prevention of drug addiction among youth.
1. Брылев В. И., Исупова И. В. Мониторинг наркоситуации как основа совершенствования профилактики ...
Corporate criminal liability: case study
... juridical persons and establishing their guilt. The authors analyses relevant practices in different states with established institutions of corporate criminal liability. Perspectives of international researchers are considered and the prospects for the development of this institution in the Russian Federation examined.
1. Козлова Н. …С конфискацией // Российская газета. 2014. 21 янв.
2. Козлова Н. Приступить к ликвидации // Российская ...
Change in the sub-regional asymmetry of the real and financial sectors of the Kaliningrad region economy in the context of economic sanctions
... own methodology for assessing this asymmetry in the Kaliningrad region. The article describes changes in the sub-regional asymmetry under the conditions of economic sanctions. The authors noted a decrease in its level in the real economy due to the development of import substitution in Kaliningrad municipalities specializing in agriculture.
1. The Journal of Economic Asymmetries // ELSEVIER. 2015. URL:
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The competitiveness of the Irkutsk region in the world tourism market
Today, the world tourism market is dynamic and rapidly developing area of the world economy. International inbound tourism has a positive impact on the national and regional economies of recipient countries thus it is necessary to develop this sector in the countries and regions that have a potential to attract ...
Regional aspects of international tourism (1960—1980s)
The author explores various aspects of international tourism in the Soviet Union. The article focuses on the main forms and methods used by the Kaliningrad Regional Trade Union Council for the development of international tourism. The author analyses archive materials describing the preparation, organization and reporting of tourist trips abroad and attempts to reconstruct behavior patterns of Soviet tourists abroad during their holidays.
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Witnessing in criminal proceedings
... criminal proceedings. The author pays special attention to witness immunity and relevant forensic analysis. The significance of this institution is characterized from the perspective of the identity of a witness. The author stresses the importance of developing a unified approach to the procedural status of a witness. Forensic study of the identity of a witness is a key point point in the development of the institution of witnessing.
1. Баев О. Я. Основы криминалистики : ...
3.0 University: legislative framework for innovative entrepreneurship
This article describes a legislative framework for a new model of higher education institutions, oriented towards business and innovation. The author offers practical recommendations for the development of competitive socioentrepreneurial innovation-based universities. It is shown that the new generation university should be formed on the basis of the socio-entrepreneurial ideology.
1. Антонова А. Великобритания: новый ...
Energy security in the scientific and institutional discourse in Russia and Poland: problems and solutions
... Российской Федерации от 13 ноября 2009 г. № 1715-р.
13. Competition, International Investment and Energy Security / Investment Division, Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs / Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. Paris, 13.12.2007. URL:
https://www.oecd.org/investment/investment-policy/40699061.pdf
(дата обращения: 31.07.2016).
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The consumer sentiment: regional aspect
The article in the scientific problems of the development of the regional competitive environment is devoted to methodological issues for evaluating the state of consumer confidence at the regional level. The results of the analysis of domestic and foreign experience evaluation indicators characterizing ...
Development of the Soviet public administration system on the territory of the Kaliningrad region (April — June 1945)
This article analyses the formation of the Soviet public administration system in the Kaliningrad region in the first months after the Battle of Konigsberg. The author focuses on the functioning of military commandant’s offices and the temporary civil administration.
1. Кретинин Г. В. Военные комендатуры 3-го Белорусского фронта в Восточной Пруссии (октябрь 1944 — май 1945 года) // Вестник Балтийского федерального университета им. И. Канта. 2011. № 12. С. 67—75.
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City transport in Kaliningrad during the Soviet era: family photo archives
The article attempts to analyse the socio-cultural significance of transport development in the USSR within the framework of ‘visual turn’ in social sciences and the humanities. The author uses family photo archives of the 1950s—1980s, presented in the "People's Album", a digital project of the Immanuel Kant Baltic ...
Origins and beginnings. The Livonian Rhymed Chronicle as a reference point for literature in the Teutonic Order
... affinity between the Chronicle and German heroic epic poetry is often stressed. The established perspective, which distorts the image of the Chronicle, requires adjustment. This literary study into the Chronicle’s text complements research on the development of corporate identity in the Teutonic Order.
1. Arnold U. De primordiis ordinis Theutonici narratio. Anfänge der Deutschordens-Geschichtsschreibung // Scriptores rerum Prussicarum. Frankfurt a/M., 1968. Bd. 6.
2. Bäuml F.H. The Oral Tradition ...