Social standards of motherhood and childhood in the world and Russia
The aim of the study is to study the system of social standards ... ... the system of support of motherhood and childhood in different countries of the world according to different criteria. The study ... ... programs to support mothers and children at both the federal, regional and municipal levels; and the comparison of the issue ... ... are largely determined by the current demographic situation, the level of economic development, historical, religious and cultural ...
Social study of psychoavtive substance abuse in the Baltic region state: The Russian component of the international study
This article presents the Russian contrinution to the international study "Alcohol and drug prevention among youth in Baltic Sea region" (ADPY), implemented in 2012-2013 with the participation of municipalities from four European countries – Sweden, Norway, Lithuania, and Russia (two districts ... ... Kaliningrad region). The study aimed to collect comparable data on alcohol, drug, and other psychoactive substance abuse in 15-16 ... ... prevention in youth in the process of preventive work at the local level.
1. Ахметова О. А., Слободская Е. Р....
New data on heavy metal bioconcentration on the territory of the Baltic region
This article focuses on the features of heavy metal (HM) accumulation in carpet-floor species of mosses in the Kaliningrad region. A cross-spectrum analysis helped identify the patterns of HM accumulation depending on the amount of atmospheric precipitation. The authors calculated the indexes of HM concentration, which underlies the offered classification of the Baltic region countries by in the level of pollution.
1. Ilyin I., Rozovskaya O., Travnikov O. Heavy metals: transboundary pollution of the environment EMEP status ...
Modern Lithuanian foreign policy: the adjustment of traditional policy
The authors consider the core areas of Lithuanian foreign policy. Special attention ... ... paid to the adjustment of the major foreign policy vector, which concentrated earlier on the cooperation with the United States of America and strategic partnership with... ... analyse foreign policy priorities of the Baltic States and Central and Eastern European countries and to identify the dominant trends in the international policy in the region in order to forecast further development at European and global levels. This objective is achieved with the help of an integrated approach with elements...
Legal regulation of extradition in Russia: the interplay between international and national provisions
This article analyses the theoretical provisions of international acts and domestic legislation regulating ... ... interplay between international and national legal frameworks for extradition, focusing on a mechanism for safeguarding national interests within international treaties on... ... there exists a fairly effective mechanism for safeguarding the national interests of countries party to multilateral international extradition treaties. Secondly, national legislation and regional or bilateral treaties can establish extradition conditions and procedures different...
Typology of world financial centers at the beginning of the 21st century
The study focuses on world financial centers (GFCs), which have different functions, and, forming a network of GFCs, ensure the integration of the countries into the world financial system (WFS). But within the framework of the GFC ... ... experience inequality. The geography of the research is wide, covering the global and regional levels. The typology drawn up in the work focuses on the functional differentiation...
Environmental condition as a factor affection the health of Saint Petersburg residents
This article analyses the state of health of Saint Petersburg residents in the changing conditions of connatural ... ... presented as a Russian metropolis and, simultaneously, an integral component of the Baltic region. The authors compare the health state trends in Saint Petersburg residents and the population of other Baltic countries. The environmental dependence of some diseases, including oncological ones... ... and stabilization-progressive ones. The article discusses the ways to increase the level of health of the city’s residents.
1. Алаев Э. Б. Социально-экономическая...
Processes of convergence and divergence in the regions of the European Union: features and qualimetry
... though it has a rather ambiguous nature. The Law on the Common Market, which aims to increase the economic efficiency of the EU, became a subject of extensive discussions among researchers suggesting that its viability at the political and socio-economic levels depends on a fair distribution of gains among the countries and regions of the Community. These discussions resulted in a considerable increase in funding allocated for the development of the EU regions from the EU Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund aiming to reduce regional disparities. The present analysis and ...