Internet diffusion and interregional digital divide in Russia: trends, factors, and the influence of the pandemic
... share of online commerce, which became the driver of economic development during the lockdown, is minimal. Based on the results of the study, several recommendations have been formulated.
Introduction
Over the past few decades, there has been an active diffusion of information and communication technologies (ICT),<1> in particular, the Internet, into all spheres of human activity. The related changes in recent years in technologies, production methods, and in the interaction of economic ...
Types of judicial activity and its elements
The relevance of the study of judicial activity is determined by the need to improve its quality. Judicial activity directly affects the implementation of various human rights and freedoms, one of which is the right to a fair trial. In addition, knowledge about judicial activity needs to be ...
The assessment of research and technical potential in the framework of the innovative model of development of regional economy
This article considers the research and technological potential and the innovative activity in a specific region of Russia — the Kaliningrad region. The authors assess its research and technological potential, and the achieved level of innovative activity in the Kaliningrad region as prerequisites necessary for the implementation ...
You know how to speak, be able to listen! Inefficiency of communication as a result of violation of the principle of active listening
... / inadequacy of verbal and non-verbal behavior of communicants, as well as the problem of organizing dialogical interaction as a process of social, communicative, and discursive nature. The research aims to identify the essential characteristics of active listening techniques used in organizing verbal communication based on the analysis of material in English, French, and Russian languages. The scientific novelty of the work lies in specifying and identifying distinctive features of active listening ...
Reputation core of Russian authorities: the case of the regional level of executive power
... varies. The reputation of regional authorities is assessed based on a system of values, expectations and the results of their work with the federal centre, citizens’ experience of communication with regional authorities and the assessment of their activity. The reputation of the regional executive authorities is characterised by lesser stability of the conceptual characteristics of the near periphery and greater dynamism of the outer conceptual boundaries, especially in specific regions.
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Innovative economy in the Baltic Sea region
Innovative activity is carried out at three levels — those of the state, region and a company or a university. This article considers the level of development of knowledge-based economy in Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland ...
The sea factor in the federal regulation of Russia’s spatial development: post-Soviet experience and current priorities
... the theoretical and applied aspects of the incorporation into the national regional policy of the sea factor, understood as a combination of location and resources, which is determined by a country’s jurisdiction over coasts and waters, its maritime activities and coastalisation potential, including the economic, settlement-related and psychological elements of the latter. The article describes the key influences of the sea factor on the spatial development of post-Soviet Russia. The steadily ...
Organized crime in Soviet Russia: the paradox of institutionalization. Part two
This article follows the previous publication, which showed the growth of the organized crime in the Soviet period of Russian social history. This part of the article reveals the features of organized criminal activity during the so-called "stagnation period." At the same time, the author emphasizes that the 1980s were the most favorable for the sprawl of organized crime. It was during these years that this type of antisocial activity reached its ...
A sectoral and regional analysis of innovative activities of Russian enterprises
This article provides a sectoral and regional analyses of innovative activities of Russian enterprises. The authors consider the evolution and characteristics of innovative activities in individual industries. Characteristics of innovative activities in 2010-2014 are considered in the cases of Russian federal districts ...
Three Russian Baltic regions in the context of confrontation between Russia and the West
... directions that the foreign policy and economic ties of the Russian Federation should and have already begun to diversify [26]. The Eurasian ideas of Gumilyov are of great importance for shaping the Eurasian vector of modern economic (and not only) activities of Russia [27]. As Druzhinin points out, “an important aspect of Gumilev’s ‘Eurasian’ ideas is seen in the simultaneous purposeful building of interactions of the Russian ethnos, Russia with other systemically significant states and ...
Artificial Intelligence: a catalyst for entrepreneurship education in the Baltics
... attention from universities, which collaborate closely with the business sector, governmental bodies, and regional agencies to provide diverse forms of support to aspiring business students. The final part of the article addresses issues that require more active and innovative participation of academia in activities enhancing the role of student youth in the economic development of their countries and regions.
Introduction
The aim of this article is to elucidate the significance of entrepreneurial ...
Reputation and status in Denmark’s strategic culture
... in Denmark’s contemporary strategic culture, revealing its close ties with the Danish perception of the US as the safeguard for the liberal world order and associated multilateral institutions. Denmark’s value-driven militarised foreign political activism in the post-Cold War era is thus not only pragmatic but also ideological as it seeks to promote liberal values, democracy and human rights under American leadership. The article concludes that factoring in status and reputation in strategic culture ...
On the governance of enterprenueral activity
The purpose of this scientific research is to clarify two basic concepts of the theory of competition — ‘entrepreneur’ and ‘entrepreneurial activity’. To do this, the article makes a detailed comparative analysis of how these concepts are defined in the modern domestic theory of entrepreneurship, and on the basis of this, a conclusion is drawn about what drawbacks these definitions possess....
Influence of solar and geomagnetic activity on the diurnal variations of NmF2 in winter in the middle latitudes
The paper presents the results of the study according to day 27 at different longitudes by solar and geomagnetic activity in January 2012-2015. The dependence of the daily variations of NmF2 of the level of solar activity. It is shown that the dependence of NmF2 and solar activity is linear in nature, different at different stations.
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Сompetitive environment, business activity, and consumer sentiment: the regional aspect
The methodological issues of assessing regional competition, business activity, and consumer confidence are considered as part of a study of regional competitive environment. The results of an analysis of national and international practices in assessing parameters describing competition, competitive environment, business ...
The features and content of innovation activity of professional social workers
An important feature of innovation activity of a professional social worker is that it is based on the personal approach and is aimed at creating social technologies developing the personality of client. This article offers the results of theoretical analysis of a profession social worker's ...
St Petersburg Business Information Centres and Their Role in Increasing the Efficiency of International Business Activities
... state for its regions. The current trends in world economy and the geopolitical situation formulate new goals and objectives for regions and suggest the creation of innovative and universal mechanisms to increase the efficiency of international economic activities, promotion of a positive image of Saint Petersburg and other regions of the Russian Northwest. The article analyses the activities of Saint Petersburg business information centres abroad, similar experience of other Russian regions, and prerequisites ...
The relationship between student’s tendency to manipulation and the results of project activities in university education
The results of a scientific study are presented, with participants being students enrolled in the Bachelor's program in "State and Municipal Management," whose future professional activities are closely related to interpersonal relationships in professional communication. The experimental base for the study was provided by the Western Branch of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President ...
Digital transformation of Russian prosecution bodies: current status and development prospects
The article discusses the development and implementation of digital technologies in the supervisory activities of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Russian Federation. The main aspects of the state policy on the digital transformation of the bodies and organizations of the Russian Prosecutor’s Office have been studied. The authors focus on general ...
Digital didactic games as a means of remote support for schoolchildren
In the context of dynamic digitalization of the educational space, the introduction of inclusive education, the task of remote support for educational activities of both gifted students and schoolchildren with disabilities is of high relevance, since it helps to meet special educational needs and resolve difficulties in educational activities. The article presents an overview of some didactic games ...
On the role of the results of operational search activities in contemporary criminal proceedings
The article is devoted to the analysis of the place and role of operational-investigative activities results (hereinafter — ORD) in modern criminal procedural law. The views established in science regarding the use of materials obtained in the course of conducting operational-search activities (hereinafter referred to as ORM), as well ...
Small towns of Latvia: disparities in regional and urban development
... Regional Development of Latvia since 2013. The data collected were then analysed taking into account the geographical location of small towns. The research showed that the main factors influencing the development of small towns are the level of business activity and the role of local authorities in the provision of public funding. The article describes prospects for the polycentric development of small towns and analyses the ways of reducing disparities in their development in terms of the working and ...
Comparative geographical characteristics of multi-activity SEZ in Russia and their impact on the regional economy
Multi-activity special economic zones occupy a certain place among the Russian SEZs and have fundamentally differ from other types of economic zones. The peculiarities of their position in the strategically important regions of Russia determines the special mode of operation, separate federal laws, as well as interest for researchers. This article discusses the multi-activity SEZ of the Russian Federation located in the Kaliningrad region, Magadan region, the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sebastopol...
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,...
Legal regulation of activities in the Arctic in the context of sanctions
The article explores the sanction factor impact on the legislative framework regulating Russian and European joint economic activities in the Arctic. The fundamental documents on the joint projects with the European Union get analyzed in the context of the sanction factor. The paper focuses on changes in the legislative framework for Russian — EU joint activities, as well ...
‘The Radical Black Colour’. On the Semantics of the Black Colour in Anarchist Discourse
... universals of visual experience. This idea is connected with the prototypical root of the colour black — the night, which is associated with chaos across many cultures. The protest semantics of the colour black is increasingly used in contemporary art activism. The author considers examples demonstrating that the colour black is used to criticise political representation and the anonymity of power. The primary focus is on the artistic practices of blackout (painting over/blocking out in black ink),...
Trade in the Kaliningrad region: methods of evaluation
The article suggests a new methodological approach to assessing business activity in retail trade in the Kaliningrad region. The authors present a methodology for calculating the regional index of business activity in retail trade, taking into account the specificity of the Kaliningrad region. Indicators of retail business ...
Innovations in higher education
The article presents the results of the analysis of research on problems of development of innovative activity of teachers in the University. It discusses the involvement of teachers in innovative activity as a purposeful process of overcoming innovation barriers. Selected subjective and objective factors of innovative activity of University lecturers ...
Management behaviour: Expert system and modelling processes
The article studies issues relating to the employment of expert systems in the management process. The authors describe the application of activity theory in organisational interrelations. The possibility of considering activity theory as a basis for understanding the essence of management interrelations is analysed. The authors examine the social context of activity theory within he changes ...
The phased elements of the motivation process as a theoretical framework for the determination of students’ professional motivation ation
... учебной деятельности у будущих офицеров — воспитателей в инженерном вузе: автореф. дис. … канд. пед. наук. СПб., 2005.
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types of motives for academic activity, academic activity, phases of academic activity, stimulus,
need, impetus, motive, goal, activity, mental condition, students’ professional motivation.
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Interpretation of musical pedagogic processes as artistic and creative activity of a teacher-musician
The article analyses different approaches to research on the specificity and principles of the interpretation of professional (musical) and pedagogical activity of a teacher-musician and offers an original research approach applied to the problem of preparation a teacher-musician to artistic and creative activity.
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Assessment of Innovation and Investment Activity in the Region
The concept of regional innovation system builds upon prospective innovation and takes into account the subsystem generating the knowledge that regulates the context and enterprises in regional innovation activity. This article considers the importance of innovation-investment activity evaluation for the construction of regional innovation systems, technological development of the economy, more efficient knowledge distribution,
and the formation of competitive ...
The scope of ethical-pedagogical activity of a teacher
This article explains the need for the development of the «ethical-pedagogical activity» notion and justifies the order of the usage of the terms «ethical» and «pedagogic». The author distinguishes the standards of ethical attitude and the standards of pedagogical attitude and analyses the peculiarities of ethical-pedagogical ...
Model Structure and Content of a Comprehensive Maritime Plan: the Case of Kaliningrad
... for marine spatial planning.
1. Strategija razvitija morskoj dejatel'nosti Rossijskoj Federacii do 2030 goda, utverzhdena rasporjazheniem Pravitel'stva Rossijskoj Federacii ot 8 dekabrja 2010 goda № 2205-FZ [The development strategy of maritime activities of the Russian Federation until 2030 approved by the Federal Government of December 8, 2010 № 2205-FL], 2010, Moscow.
2. Zenkov, А. F., Ismailov, А. I. 2013, O morskoj doktrine Rossijskoj Federacii do 2030 goda i koncepcii federal'nogo ...
Creative Potential of Artificial Intelligence in the Context of the Idea of the New Enlightenment
... confronted with a series of global problems, exacerbated by technological advancements. In this context, concerns arise in the public consciousness regarding the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to surpass humans in intellectual and creative activities. The topic of AI creativity becomes pertinent and sparks debates within the scientific community regarding its creative potential. In response to these challenges, members of the Club of Rome in 2018 propose the concept of a new Enlightenment ...
Problems of using the results of an operational experiment and test purchase in proving a criminal case
... operational experiments and test purchases from entrapment is formulated. Criteria for the procedural component of this legal standard are provided. In conclusion, a synthesis of all analyzed components is made in the form of a comprehensive standard for the activities of law enforcement authorities, preliminary investigation bodies, and prosecutors in forming evidence of charges from the results of operational experiments and test purchases. The conclusions drawn can be used in the field of operational and ...
The adaptation of Russian regions’ economies to the rupture of relations with Europe: the case of Baltic Sea ports
... and 15 % began to rebuild production (through modernization, repairs, etc.).
In 2023, Russian enterprises not only sustained their commitment to adaptation but also heightened their efforts, with a discernible increase in the frequency of employing active adaptation methods. In particular, in the spring of 2023, the share of enterprises that began modernizing their manufacturing process increased to 33 %. As a result, in the spring of 2023, 32 % of Russian enterprises came to the conclusion that ...
Geoecological aspects of various types of archaeological sites in the North-West of the Russian Plain
The study of geo-ecological factors allows not only to determine the nature of human economic activities but also reveals natural influences affecting the placement of archaeological objects in the past. Special attention is given to «Stone piles» («Lappish cairns») — stone piles widely found within the studied territory. Despite years ...
Foreign trade activity of the subjects of the Russian Federation: prospects for maintaining the geographical structure of supplies
In 2022, the term “unfriendly countries / territories” was introduced as a “new” criterion for differentiating countries participating in foreign economic activity. Given the fact that about 30 % of national budget is formed by the foreign economic activity, the assessment of the prospects for maintaining the existing supply geography becomes expedient. The article divides the subjects into four groups,...
Evaluating the efficiency of the research sector in Russian regions: a dynamic data envelopment analysis
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For the final ranking, regions with pronounced deviations in the data were excluded from the sample (for example, those with very low publication or patent activity).<10> The final number of regions was n = 67.
Results
In basic form, the solution of the optimisation problem, using a Mathematic package, returns indicators of efficiency and corresponding overall ranking shown in Table 2. Columns 5 ...
The impact of the food embargo on consumer preferences and cross-border practices in the Kaliningrad region
... studies prove that the food embargo has led to the growth in the production of certain types of goods in Russia. Volchkova and Kuznetsova note a successful import substitution in Russia in three product groups: poultry, pork and tomatoes [12]. Receiving active state support, agricultural producers often continued to be market-oriented, i. e. they increased the production of crops most popular domestically and internationally sometimes to the detriment of other less profitable but still important products ...
France’s strategy in the Baltic region: military and political aspects
... which now exceeds its contingents in the Middle East and the Sahel. For example, French forces still participate in the NATO air policing programme as well as in naval exercises, keeping the troops in Estonia within the Lynx mission. France’s further activity in the region includes enhanced cooperation with Sweden and Finland after they accede to NATO, an already planned increase in military contingent in the Baltic States in 2023, and the development of the European Political Community project. The ...
The CPSU and the CPC: comparative aspects of the historical and cultural approach
The comparison of the ideas and activities of the CPC and the party that formally ended its activities in Russia under the name of the CPSU is relevant for analyzing the prospects of the socialist, communist way of development. At the same time, in our opinion, it is important to consider ...
A five-year way from the first departmental forensic medical examination to the systematic state forensic expert activity
The article considers the main milestones of the formation and development of forensic medical expert activity in the structure of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. Following a series of articles, the current one highlights the most significant cases of individual investigative actions with the participation of a specialist in ...
On the functional definition of concepts and linguistic meanings: the embodied/grounded approach
... modes of thinking. In other words, the ontoconcept supports the idea of heterogeneous verbal thinking (Werner, Vygotsky, Luria, Tul’viste, and Pomanov), arguing that there are several types of verbal thinking associated with different types of human activity and the tasks solved within the framework of this activity (applied, theoretical, artistic, etc.).
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Mental lexicon and language consciousness: similaritiea and discrapencies in research methodology
... for the functioning of a language as a human property are associated with changes in the meanings and senses of linguistic signs. This definition gives way to comparative psycholinguistic research, in which the comparison is based on the nature of the activities that representatives of different groups carry out regularly. Studies on language consciousness are similar to studies on mental lexicon in experimental procedures for obtaining empirical material and differ from them in general methodological ...
. Increased synthesis of secondary metabolites in the culture of bearded roots of Hyssopus officinalis L
The research evaluates the effect of amino acids (phenylalanine and tyrosine) on the growth and content of biologically active substances in the culture of bearded roots of Hyssopys officinalis. The study of the effect of amino acids on the growth of raw biomass of bearded roots of H. officinalis showed that when phenylalanine and tyrosine were introduced into the nutrient ...
On the dynamics of economic activity and its impact on the budgetary stability of municipalities of the Kaliningrad region
... The economic center and the coastal zone bordering on it are increasingly pulling together economic and human resources, increasing the risks of sustainable functioning of the eastern peripheral municipalities. This also applies to the entrepreneurial activity of the population, expressed in the number of operating SMEs. Federal institutions and the regional government are implementing measures to support the subjects of the IPU, including in the peripheral municipalities of the region. At the same ...
Features of preparation of an active audit of information security of the process control system
The problems that arise when setting the tasks of active audit of information security of automated control systems for technological processes when using data transmission in real time at the enterprise are considered. The features of the methodology for determining the safe active audit of automated ...
Economic activity of the leading religious organizations in Estonia
... confessional space of regions and countries is dynamically changing and acquiring new characteristics. But these changes and the factors that determine them are not fully reflected in academic research. One of the least studied topics is the economic activity of confessions. Estonia is one of the few countries in the Baltic region where religion has not been a public institution until nowadays, therefore it hasn’t provided access to the financial records of its religious organizations.
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