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Integration of migrants is an intrinsic part of the modern life of almost all European states pursuing an active migration policy. This article sets out to identify socioeconomic and demographic conditions for the formation of a national migrant integration policy in the framework of implementing European directives. The 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...

... L., Kretinin, G. V. 2010, Migracionnye processy v Kaliningradskoj oblasti i regional'nyj socium: istorija i sovremennost' [Migration processes in the Kaliningrad region and the regional society: Past and Present], Regiony I Pogranicza [Regions and border regions], Olsztyn. 7. Zhuravskii, А., Vykhovanets, О. 2014, Vozvrashhenie sootechestvennikov [Return compatriots], Russian Council on Foreign Affairs, available at: http://russiancouncil.ru/inner/index.php?id_4= 1905#top (accessed: 10.02.2014)....

... jekonomicheskaja politika v otnoshenii jeksklavnogo regiona [Federal economic policies toward the exclave region], Voprosy jekonomiki [Problems of Economics], no. 11, p. 96—105. 22. Kuznetsova, О. Kuznetsov, A. 2006, Granica: bar'er ili stimul dlja razvitija [Border: a barrier or an incentive for the development of], Rossijskoe jekspertnoe obozrenie [Russian Expert Review], no. 4, p. 4—45. 23. Kuznetsova, О. 2011, Osobye jekonomicheskie zony kak faktor jekonomicheskogo razvitija rossijskih regionov [Special ...

... freedom, security and justice]. In: Potyomkina, О. Yu., Kaveshnikov, N. Yu., Kondrateva, N. B. (eds.), Evropejskij Sojuz v XXI veke: vremja ispytanij [European Union in the XXI century: the test], Moscow, Ves’ mir. 6. Golunov, S. 2013, EU-Russian Border Security: Challenges, (Mis)perceptions and Responses, Routledge, London and New York. 7. Soobshhenie press-sluzhby prezidenta RF ot 27.08.2002 g. o poslanijah Prezidenta Rossii V. V. Putina Predsedatelju Komissii Evropejskih soob-shhestv i glavam ...

... Baltic Institute and the Åland Islands Peace Institute. Rozhkov-Yuryevsky Yuri 10.5922/2079-8555-2013-2-11 113-123 enclave, exclave, enclavity, exclavity, enclave territories, political geography, parent and surrounding states, dividing state, state border, transit

This article examines cooperation in the electric energy sector in the Baltic region. The author explores the existing undersea HVDC power exchange projects. It is emphasised that cooperation in the electric energy sector is concentrated largely in the EU member states despite earlier plans to establish the Baltic energy ring, which would also include Russia and Belarus. The author stresses that one of the most acute problems for the EU today is overcoming isolation of the energy systems of the Baltic...

... is largely absent. Spatial planning shares a number of features with marine planning, especially when it comes to the tools, principles, and methods. The differences mainly concern characteristics of the planning object; principles of delineating the borders of territories and water areas; and the authorities responsible for regulation. The use of marine space, its parts, and sea (water) is covered by a number of laws of the Russian Federation. However, a mechanism for marine planning has yet to be ...

This article is based on a comparative analysis of Russia and US’s experience of participation in international cooperation in the field of trans-boundary water management. The author showcases the work of Russian-Estonian Commission for Protection and Rational Use of Trans-Boundary Waters and the US-Canadian International Joint Commission. The Russian-Estonian Commission works in accordance with the principle of intergovernmentalism, whereas transnationalism is the founding principle of the International...

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The separation of the Baltics from the Soviet Uni on was a difficult process accompanied by both political and economic conflicts. The third party in the negotiation process was represented by Germany and the USA. This article sets out to identify the role of the USA and Germany in the restoration of Baltic independence. Historicism and objectivity principles serve as the methodological framework for the research. The regional approach was applied in order to integrate the features of regional development...

This article considers the Baltic-Pontic Sea region not only as a geographical space of Intermarium (Międzymorze, Tarpjūris etc.) but also as Intermundium or the interface of European and Russian (Eurasian) civilization. The study sets out to clarify the logic of changing patterns shaping this geopolitical area. To this end, the concept of the Baltic-Pontic conflict system proposed by Vadim Tsymbursky is applied and further developed. In contrast to his agent-focused vehicle of analysis disclosing...

... sąjungos istorijos fragmentai. Red. J. Vaičenonis, S. Dovydaitis. Kaunas, p. 110—119. 23. Vaitiekūnas, S. 2006, Lietuvos gyventojai per du tūkstantmečius, Vilnius. 24. Vareikis, V. 2004, Pasienio incidentai. (Lietuvos šaulių partizaninė veikla) [Border incidents. (Lithuanian Riflemen's guerrilla activities)], Darbai ir dienos, T. 40, p. 109—128. 25. Žinios apie šaulius ir apginklavimą, 1934 m, LCVA, f. 929, ap. 5, b. 408, l. 1. Jokubauskas Vytautas 10.5922/2079-8555-2012-2-4 32-43 guerrilla ...

... didžiosios valstybės 1918—1939 m, Kaunas. 33. Plotnikov, A. Ju. 2009, Pribaltijskij rubezh: K desjatiletiju zakljuchenija rossijsko-litovskogo dogovora o granice [Baltic milestone: the tenth anniversary of the conclusion of the Lithuanian-Russian border treaty], Moscow. 34. Miškinis, P. 1976, Lietuvos ir Lenkijos santykių tarptautiniai teisiniei aspektai (1919—1939), Vilnius. 35. Rubtsov, A. F. 1988, Litva v politike francuzskogo imperializma, 1918—1924 [Lithuania in the policy of French ...

In this paper we focus on the structure and territorial borders of the Baltic Sea region, and examine the key structural elements of the transnational territorial transport system. In this respect, we clarify some terms used in transport geography. For the first time the transport system gets territorially ...

... London, Routledge. 15. Hernández i Sagrera, R. 2010, The EU-Russia readmission-visa facilitation nexus: an exportable model for Eastern Europe?, European Security, no. 19 (4),p. 569—584. 16. Lavenex, S., Schimmelfennig, F. 2009, EU Rules beyond EU borders? Theorizing External Governance in European Politics, Journal of European Public Policy, no. 16 (6), September 2009, p. 791—812. 17. Potemkina, O. 2005, A ’Friendly Schengen Border’ and Illegal Migration: The Case of the EU and its Direct ...

This article deals with the development of legal framework for Russia-EU relations in 2010. The author analyses the preparation of the new basic agreement, the development of sectoral EU-Russia agreements, and soft law amendments, as well as relevant regulations of the European Union and Russian law. The article reviews current initiatives and approaches of the Parties in the legal regulation of the „Partnership for modernisation". 1. Postojannoe predstavitel'stvo Rossijskoj Federacii pri Evropejskom...

... the south-eastern part of the Gulf of Finland with the help of a side-scan sonar and a profile recorder. The analysis of the distribution of microcomponents in the bottom sediment indicates that the pockmark area is located in the geochemical barrier border zone where the reducing medium of the incoming mineralized solution meets the highly oxidizing sea water medium. The hydrodynamic and geochemical processes in the pockmark zone create focal areas of anomalous microenvironment and affect the composition ...

... format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en> (Accessed 22 July 2010). 18. Joenninemi, P. 2002. Can Europe be told from the North? Tapping into the EU’s Northern Dimension. COPRI Working Paper, № 12. 19. Joenniemi, P. 2000. Changing politics along Finland’s borders: from Norden to the Northern Dimension. In: P. Ahponen (ed.). Tearing down the curtain, opening the gates: Northern boundaries in change. 20. Lipponen, P.1998. The European Union needs a policy for the Northern Dimension.In: L. Heininen, J. Kakonen ...

... Browning C., Lehti M. (eds.) The Struggle for the West: A Divided/ Con­tested Legacy. London : Routledge, 2009. 16. Huelsse R. Turkey’s Europeanness, Europe ’s Identity and the EU: Explora­tions below the Surface of the Enlargement Discourse // Borders, Identities and Na­tionalism: Understanding the Relationship / ed. by K. K. Khudoley, D. Lanko. St. Pe ­ tersburg , 2004. 17. Joenniemi P. Cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region. London : Taylor and Fran­cis, 1993. 18. Khudoley K. K. ...

The Baltic Sea region and the Black Sea area are overlapping regions that have their own political, historical and cultural peculiarities. They belong to the same geopolitical system, within which they are developing two regional cooperation subsystems strongly influenced both by internal political and economic dynamics and by external actors. The aim of this research is to analyse the political and economic factors that influence the cooperation in the Baltic Sea region and the Black Sea area by...

This article is devoted to the “Northern Dimension” initiative of the EU which also includes North-West Russia, Norway and Iceland. It is noted that the “Northern Dimension” in the theoretical perspective can be considered as part of strategic multi-level interactions between member-states of the EU and Russia. On this basis, the authors analyze implications and effects of the strategic interdependence of all the EU-Russia relation levels. 1.      Бусыгина И. Асимметричная интеграция в Евросоюзе...