Romokhov vs Russia: the procedural features and effect on the ensuing judgements of the European Court for Human Rights
This article describes the procedural features of the judgement of the European Court of Human Rights in case of Romokhov vs Russia. The author describes the sophisticated and inhomogeneous structure of this case as well as its and precedent features.
1. Конвенция о защите прав человека и основных свобод (с изм. от 13.05.2004) // Собрание законодательства Российской Федерации». 2001. № 2. Ст. 163.
2. Статистическая информация // Интернет-сайт Европейского суда по правам человека. URL: http://www...
The asymmetry of small and medium business development at a regional level
This article proposes a practical method for estimating the regional asymmetry of small and medium business development and presents the results of its approbation in the Northwestern Federal District of Russia. The author makes a conclusion that small and medium business is developing unevenly. The author's method can be used in studying other aspects of the asymmetry of economic development as well as in drawing up small and medium enterprise stimulations programs.
1. Бухарова Е. Б. Оценка стратегического...
Contemporary threats to the growth of rationality in the Russian society
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...
Ensuring the proportional development of the strategic areas of coastal specialisation
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...
The principles of economic protection of the marine environment of the Baltic Sea
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...
The Neuchâtel Crisis of 1856—1857 and the British position
This article focuses on the reasons behind and the diplomatic aspects of the Neuchâtel crisis in Prussian-Swiss relations. The Neuchâtel crisis arose in the end of 1856 as a result of the Prussian territorial claims and interference in Swiss home affairs. The author examines the diplomacy of the leading European powers – mainly England – aimed to resolve the Neuchâtel crisis.
1. Российский государственный архив Военно-морского флота. Ф. Канцелярия Морского министерства, 1856 г.
2. British and...
The problems of legal regulation of relations pertaining to satisfying state requirements in the light of new legislation
This article analyzes the provisions of the recently adopted federal law on the contract system and 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...
The problems of exemption from criminal liability for tax offences
This article explores some of the issues associated with the adoption of the Federal Law № 420-FZ of December 7, 2011 ‘On the Amendments to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation’. It is noted that the effectiveness of rules pertaining to the exemption from criminal liability for tax offenses largely depends on the phrasing of the relevant articles of the Criminal Code.
1. Казаков Е. С. Комментарий к федеральному закону от 07.12.2011 №...
The modelling of functional and object development of integrated coastal regional systems
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...
The notion of ontology in the system model of argumentation
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9. Scheuer O., Loll F., Pinkwart N., McLaren B. M. Computer-supported argumentation: A review of the state of the art // Computer Supported Learning. 2010. Vol. 5, № 1. P. 43—102.
10. Guarino N., Oberle D., Staab S. What Is an Ontology? // Handbook on ontologies. Berlin, 2009. P. 1—17.
The economic problems of rational management of vital resources in regional enterprises
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 электроэнергетике [Электронный ресурс] : федеральный закон от 26.03.2003 № 35-ФЗ : ред...
The political success of the Baltic People’s Fronts as a result of the 1989—1990 elections
This article considers the political success of the Baltic Popular Fronts in the years of perestroika on the materials of 1989—1990 elections. The author analyses the motives behind the establishment of mass movements and their ideational imperatives, describes the dynamics of changes in the demands of popular fronts, and comes to a conclusion about their significance for the establishment of a multi-party system in the Baltics.
1. Барсенков А. С. Введение в современную российскую историю. 1985—1991...
Changes to the legal entity system in Russia in the conditions of reforms in civil legislation: the problems and prospects
This article considers the introduced and planned changes to the Civil Code of the Russian Federation relating to the construction of a system of legal entities. It is concluded that there is a deviation from earlier doctrinal statements about the directions of system development. The changes do not take into account the existing interconnections and may have a negative impact on law enforcement practices.
1. О внесении изменений в главы 1, 2, 3 и 4 части первой Гражданского кодекса Российской Федерации...
The modern problems of using the Internet in investigating crimes
This article considers the basic approaches to the use of Internet resources in the detection and investigation of crimes. It is stressed that the Internet affects ways the crime is committed, the features of criminal traces, and the choice of means and methods used in the process of detection and investigation of crimes.
1. Эффективные меры борьбы с транснациональной организованной преступностью // XI Конгресс Организации Объединенных Наций по предупреждению преступности и уголовному правосудию...
Ober-hieromonks in the Russian Navy in the 18th century
This article uses archive documents to consider the management of Orthodox priests serving in the Russian Navy in the 18th century. The author describes the duties of the Holy Synod, bishops’ administrations, and the Admiralty and naval ship commanders. Special attention is paid to ober-hieromonks and commanding hieromonks of the Navy. The author studies their responsibilities in different locations and presents new biographical information.
1. Российский государственный исторический архив (РГИА)...
The main indicators of social administra tive expert system
This article considers the empirical operationalization of basic indicators of social and administrative expert system. These indicators include management, leadership, and leading management. The authors analyze the dynamics of manifestations of these indicators. It is concluded that the modern process of organizational management evolves towards using management resources focusing on the social aspects of intra-organizational interactions.
1. Жуковская В., Мучник И. Факторный анализ в социально-экономических...
The cluster modelling of complex forecasting of economic and marketing processes
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 urban development in East Prussia in the interwar period
This article considers the features of urban restoration in East Prussia after World War I. In a difficult economic situation, the system of restoration works was clearly structured. In the interbellum, the public development policy for the province was formulated in accordance with the contemporary urban development requirements and was based on a combination of old and new architecture, the expansion of residential areas, and creation of a comfortable environment with the help of landscape gardening...
Legal regulation of civil liability of institutions
This article considers the features of regulating civil liability of institutions in view of the recent changes to the legislation and investigates the key issues regarding the application of civil liability to private, public, budgetary, and autonomous institutions. Special attention is paid to the general and specific features of civil liability relating to the use of civil and fiscal legislation. It is concluded that there is a need to unify the rules of civil liability of institutions.
1. Гражданское...
The avoidance of investigative errors when interrogating women
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...
The 1859 rules on the remuneration of architects working for the Ministry of Imperial Court
This article focuses on the features of interactions between the Ministry of Imperial Court and architects during the reign of Alexander II. Special attention is paid to the usage of legal loopholes and deviations from the established standards.
1. Российский государственный исторический архив. Ф. 480. Оп. 1.
The principles of tariff policy and the objectives of economic growth promotion
This article considers the tariff policy issues serving as the focus of economic discussions, since their solution has a profound effect on the opportunities of the country’s economic development. The tariff policy problems impair the efficiency and competitiveness of national business and lower living standards. The government declares its readiness to limit the growth of tariffs, which, however, suggests “manual operation” and stopgap measures. The author emphasizes the need to reconsider the methodology...
The methodology of cluster formation and its testing in the Kaliningrad hotel market
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...
The development of a 1946 draft decree of the USSR Council of Ministers on populating the agricultural areas of the Kaliningrad region
This article examines the development of draft resolutions of the USSR Council of Ministers “On the Priority Measures for the Population of Districts and the Development of Agriculture in the Kaliningrad Region.” The author considers the reasons behind a reduction in financial benefits and food support for settlers in the Kaliningrad region.
1. История края (1945—1950) : учеб. пособие для студентов-историков Калининградского государственного университета / В. Г. Бирковский и др. Калининград, 1984...
The problems of legal regulation of the free customs zone in the Kaliningrad region
This article discusses the features of application of the free customs zone procedure in the Kaliningrad region, draws attention to the problems arising in the judicial practice relating to the application of the said customs procedure, and proposes measures to improve the mechanism of the customs zone procedure applied in the Kaliningrad region in the conditions of the Customs Union.
1. Об Особой экономической зоне в Калининградской области и о внесении изменений в некоторые законодательные акты...
The criminological and psychological profile of persons sentenced to restriction of freedom
This article is devoted to the investigation of forensic and psychological features of persons sentenced to restriction of liberty on the basis of a psychological and sociological analysis of persons sentenced to restriction of freedom registered at penal institutions of the Kaliningrad region. An analysis of the results of the study suggest that, during the sentence period, those sentenced to restriction of freedom either do not reject the commonly accepted norms, values, and behavior patterns or...
The legal aspects of community elimination during the Stolypin agrarian reform
This article considers the legal content of the concept of "leaving the community" though analyzing the legal nature of the farmstead and district land tenure formed through placing land in personal ownership, individual allotments, and complete division of rural lands into farmsteads and isolated land plots. It is shown that the reform legislation did not suggest legal discrimination of the community, which retained its administrative, economic, and land-related functions.
1. Вронский...
Approaches to entrepreneurship development through assessing the validity of economic knowledge
This article emphasizes the need to develop methodologies through applying valid economic knowledge within research approaches used in writing final and PhD theses in order to apply this knowledge in the development of entrepreneurship in the context of model approaches. The proposed methodological approach in the field of economic education contributes to the training of highly qualified specialists in economics.
1. Бродель Ф. Материальная цивилизация, экономика и капитализм, XV—XVIII вв...
Strategic competitiveness of organisations in knowledge economy
The process of ensuring the strategic competitiveness of organisations in the conditions when knowledge assets become the decisive development factor is analysed. The author considers a number of modern research concepts striving to explain the development and sustaining of stable competitive advantages of organisations in the dynamic environment of global economy. The article explores the features of the impact of development programmes of the leading educational centres on strategic competitiveness...
On the possibility of visual argumentation
This article offers a review and analysis of the discussion on the possibility of visual argumentation presented in English periodicals. The author focuses on the prospects of including this problem into the context of contemporary argumentation theory.
1. Брюшинкин В. Н. Аргументорика: исходная абстракция и методология // Модели Рассуждений — 2: Аргументация и Рациональность. 2008. С. 7—19.
2. Alcolea-Banegas J. Visual Arguments in film // Argumentation. 2009. Vol. 23. P. 259—275.
3. Aspetita...
The problems of assessing the efficiency of budget investment finacning through the prgoramme-target method
The article describes the major legal acts regulating the transition to budget planning through the program-target method, offers an analysis of the general features of planning the federal and Kaliningrad regional budgets through this method, considers the concepts of investment, budgetary investment, and the procedure of its realization within the regional budget, and describes the requirements for investment projects, as well as the problems of assessing efficient financing of budgetary investments...
The impact of innovative factors on the development of Russian regions
This article explores the influence of innovative factors on the gross regional product. The following statistic indicators are chosen as factors: the volume of innovative goods, works and services and expenditure on technological innovations. The calculations are performed through the method of correlation analysis for thirty three regions and three federal districts of Russia. The 2000—2010 official statistical data are used. The authors substantiate the possibility of using the correlation analysis...
The problem of defining religion in the history of philosophy and religious studies
This article analyses the most widespread definitions of religion. The author maintains that, since all essential definitions of religion are unscientific, whereas the descriptive ones contain logical fallacies, religion must be defined through functional analysis and studying its interactions with other elements of culture.
1. Белла Р. Социология религии // Американская социология. М., 1972. С. 265—268.
2. Брюшинкин В. Н. Практический курс логики для гуманитариев. М., 1996.
3. Дюркгейм Э. Элементарные...
The basic trends in the development of bilateral trade between the Kaliningrad and Grodno regions
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...
Possession and possessory protection: the problems of legal regulation and practical implementation in the context of civil law reforms
This article focuses on the issues of introduction of possession and possessory protection into the Russian Civil Code. It is emphasized that the authors of the draft bill did not manage either to develop a consistent approach to possession as a fact or justify theoretically the need for such innovation and its practical significance for modern Russian law and order.
1. Концепция развития гражданского законодательства РФ. М., 2009.
2. Концепция развития законодательства о вещном праве // Вестник...
Contemporary society as a post-industrial and technogenic one
This article focuses on contemporary society, which, in accordance with D. Bell’s concept, is post-industrial (and information) one. The author draws attention to Bell’s serious mistakes in the development of the concept – the use of only sociological and economic analysis and disregard of social philosophy. The author offers a scientific and philosophical substantiation of the technogenic development of society and the world, its crisis condition, and presents the evidence as to why contemporary...
The features and prospects of programming as a basis for the development of research in Russia
This article considers the aspects of programming evolution and the features and prospects of applying this tool in the modern economic conditions. The author makes suggestion regarding the improvement of national research management.
1. О федеральной целевой программе «Научные и научно-педагогические кадры инновационной России» на 2009—2013 годы : постановление Правительства Российской Федерации от 28 июля 2008 г. № 568. Доступ из справ.-правовой системы «Гарант».
2. О федеральной...
The legal regime of taxation of education organisations in the Russian Federation
This article considers the features of the regime of taxation of educational organizations in view of the latest changes to the tax law; the author analyses major issues pertaining to specific tax exemptions granted to organizations, pays attention to legal disputes relating to the application of the tax law, and comes to a conclusion about the current need to optimize the taxation of educational institution activities.
1. Об образовании в Российской Федерации : федер. закон от 29 дек. 2012 г. №...
Identity in the conditions of globalisation and regionalisation
This article considers the influence of globalisation processes on the development of the crisis of historical and ethnocultural identity and describes the factors affecting the ethnocultural identity transformation. The author analyses how globalisation results in both the blurring of ethnocultural identity and the intensification of regionalisation processes.
1. Андрейчук Н. В., Гаврилина Л. М. Феномен калининградской региональной субкультуры (социально-философский и культурологический анализ)...
The synergetics and rationality of modern Russian society
This article analyses the features of the modern Russian society from the perspective of synergetic concept of social development. The author maintains that the type of rationality formed by synergetics can become the basis for practical activities in the 21st century Russia thus contributing to the solutions to acute socioeconomic problems.
1. Гэлбрейт Д. Новое индустриальное общество. М., 2004.
2. Гэлбрейт Д. Экономические теории и цели общества. М., 1979.
3. Синергетическая философия истории...
A methodological approach to the typology of regions on the basis of competitiveness evaluation
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...
The “Königsberg syndrome” in the law enforcement practices in the Kaliningrad region: the problems and the ways to solve them
This article analyzes the practical application of mechanism of privatization of accommodations in blocks of flats. The privatization of isolated residential accommodations in smaller blocks of flats is conducted in Kaliningrad by lessees and their family members following the pattern of a communal flat, i. e. only the living area of the house is taken into account when calculating the shares of proprietors.
1. Об утверждении Положения о признании помещения жилым помещением, жилого помещения непригодным...
Modern trends in the Baltic countries in the discourse of identity: between sovereignty and European integration
The publication reflects the problem of new identity of the Baltics in the conditions of competition between European spaces. The Baltic States are presented as a political structure, where mutually competitive identities oriented towards different centres of modern Europe are developing. In the Baltics, the identity discourse acquires new markers. The agenda includes the crisis of confidence in the institutions of power and integration problems.
1. Miniotaite G. The Baltic States: in search of...
The typological characteristic of culture in G. P. Fedotov’s philosophy
This article is dedicated to the historiosophic concept of G. P. Fedotov and considers the content of the concept of culture and analyses its general philosophical and author’s typology.
1. Федотов Г. П. Св. Дух в природе и культуре// Путь. Париж. 1932. № 35.
2. Федотов Г. П. Завтрашний день (письма о русской культуре) // Судьба и грехи России. Избранные статьи по философии русской истории и культуры : в 2 т. СПб., 1992. Т. 2.
3. Федотов Г. П. Создание элиты (письма о русской культуре) // Там же...
Prerequisites for organisational changes at manufacturing enterprises
This article presents generalized approaches to the concept of organizational changes. The main factors of internal and external environment influencing the introduction of changes at a construction company are identified and grouped. A factor analysis is performed on the basis of an expert survey, the response consistency is estimated with the help of Cronbach's alpha coefficient in SPSS, and the areas of organizational changes in the company are identified.
1. Иванова Т. Ю., Приходько В. И. Теория...
A legal analysis of the situation and informing the client at a legal clinic
This article focuses on the ways of conducting a legal analysis of a situation and informing the client, as well as the development of relations between the student and the client of a clinic. The author makes certain suggestions regarding the improvement of student training at legal clinics.
1. О бесплатной юридической помощи в Российской Федерации : федер. закон от 21 нояб. 2011 г. № 324-ФЗ // СЗ РФ. 2011. № 48. Ст. 6725.
2. Студенческие консультации // Юридический факультет МГУ им. М. В. Ломоносова...
The features of the genesis of modern Lithuanian multiparty system
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3. Симонян Р. Х. Россия и страны Балтии. М., 2009.
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5. Крупавичюс А. Партии и партийные системы в Балтийских государствах в период после 1990 г. // Страны Балтии и России: ...
Services: the ethics and aesthetics of the game
This article considers services as a sphere of social and economic interac- tion with features of game, which makes it possible to approach the analysis of ethic and aesthetic properties of the game taking place in the space of service. The author attempts to define the term “game modality” as a condition for symbolic interactions.
1. Костина А. В. Массовая культура как феномен постиндустриального общества. Изд. 2-е, перераб. и доп. М., 2005.
2. Уинги Т. М. Сделано в Японии. Фартук в субкультуре...
Tools for developing and implementing the innovative policy of a region
This article focuses on the tools of development and introduction of innovation policy at the mesolevel, which serves as an integral part of the innovation policy of a state and the driving force of regional competitiveness. The author presents the results of innovative activity ranking of Russian regions, pays attention to the innovative potential of the Kaliningrad region, and considers the decisions of public authorities and the recent developments in the field of innovations in Russia.
1. Литвинова...
On the establishment of state borders and delimitation of marine areas of the Russian Federation in the Kaliningrad region zone
This article considered the stage and features of formation of the state border with Poland and Lithuania, as well as the delimitation of the Russian marine area in the Kaliningrad region zone. The Polish border was established by the Soviet-Polish border agreement of 1945. It was of astronomical nature and did not take into account the earlier administrative and economic structure of East Prussia. Since 1993, representatives of the Kaliningrad region participated in the negotiation on the Russian-Lithuanian...