The border as a barrier and an incentive for the structural economic transformation of the Kaliningrad exclave
... territory and mainland Russia. This circumstance objectively amplifies the role of external connections in the region’s developmental landscape.
The accession of neighbouring countries, Lithuania and Poland, to NATO and the EU in 2003—2004 further complicated interactions between the region and other Russian territories as they are now determined by not only bilateral agreements but the entire spectrum of relations between Russia and the Western community.
In this study, our objective is to analyse ...
Small towns of Latvia: disparities in regional and urban development
... have been mentioned by experts, members of local government councils and the president of Latvia. The heavy dependence of regional towns on European structural and investment funds, as well as on other international and domestic sources of finance, complicates their development.
Yet, reasonable autonomy of local authorities, community organisations, political groups and individual citizens, the established configuration of socio-cultural interactions between residents and the preponderance of ...
Criminalistic characteristics of organized credit fraudster groups
... theft of bank loans, committed mainly by groups of fraudsters, the forensic science faces a serious problem of developing an effective method for investigating crimes of this nature. The method must include recommendations for identifying signs of complicity, defining the group of people involved in the theft, their arrest and proof of guilt. At the same time, the research of this kind is impossible without the study of typical groups of credit fraudsters, describing their main features, forming ...
The adaptation of Russian regions’ economies to the rupture of relations with Europe: the case of Baltic Sea ports
Despite the sweeping economic sanctions imposed by Western countries, Russia has managed to avoid a significant recession, experiencing recovery growth. The situation in the regions earlier involved in cooperation with Europe was more complicated. Yet, these territories have also succeeded in reviving their economies and returning to growth. A number of growth areas have emerged in the Russian regions, which continue to develop under sanctions. A prime example of this is Russian seaports....
The role of microbiota in the pathophysiological mechanisms of the formation of allergic rhinitis: a review
The review focuses on modern views on the etiopathogenesis of allergic rhinitis and the development of its complications. The microbial communities of the symbiotic population in the human body (microbiota) and their contribution to the immunobiological reactivity of the body are considered. The authors give a comparative characteristic of microbiota assessment ...
Numerical modelling of overburden rehandling by draglines
Statement of two direct problems of numerical modeling for the simple one-pass overburden rehandling systems and the complicated multiple-pass overburden rehandling systems and one return statement of problem of numerical modeling (for the complicated double-pass systems) are presented
1. Справочник. Открытые горные работы / К. Н. Трубецкой ...
Models for countering the segregation of ethnoreligious immigrant areas in Denmark and Sweden
... adaptable to integration into Swedish society [6, p. 44]. The growth in the number of Muslim diasporas in Swedish society has led to trends of nationalism, manifestations of ethnic discrimination and xenophobia [5, p. 119]. The situation is largely complicated by the “heterogeneity” and the decentralization of Swedish Muslims caused by linguistic, cultural, theological and political disagreements within the multinational immigrant communities.
The cooperation of the Swedish Muslim organizations ...
Confiscation Estonian style: legal and political aspects of potential seizure of Russian assets in EU countries
... decision did not concern sovereign assets, as the court concluded that it has no jurisdiction. In general, this ruling confirms the notion that unilateral infringements on the property rights of foreign entities are illegal.
There is another practical complication concerning the possibility of confiscating Russian assets. The successful implementation of such actions requires precise information about the location of the assets of the Central Bank of Russia is necessary. Yet, as mentioned earlier, ...
Priorities for the development of manufacturing industries in the Kaliningrad region
... imposition of eleven packages of unlawful anti-Russian sanctions have had a more pronounced impact on the regional economy compared to the country’s inland regions. Logistics between the region and the main part of the country have been significantly complicated. Manufacturing industries have faced disruptions in the supply of essential foreign-made semi-finished products. The exports of several regionally-produced goods have been restricted, and transit through the Baltic States has become more difficult....
The geopolitical effect of the maritime factor on the spatial development of post-Soviet Russia: the Baltic case
... plummeting to 80.5 % in 2022 year-on-year. Additionally, there’s a short-term decrease in the turnover of the Great Port of St. Petersburg, down by 37.5 % in 2022.<7> Finally, the increasingly strained Russian—Turkish relations are likely to complicate Russia’s subsea pipeline exports of natural gas through and through.
The total number of Russia’s coastal regions faced with socio-economic, transport-logistic and military-political complications has increased due to the military escalation ...
Language policy of Estonia: achievements and the future of education in the Russian language
Estonia’s language policy sparks serious debates in the academic community, further complicated by the politically charged nature of the topic. In the works of Estonian authors, there is unequivocal postulation of Russia’s influence on Estonian society, while relatively little attention is given to the Russian-speaking minorities themselves....
Classification of doctrinal principles of law
The specific features of doctrinal principles of law, complicating the process of their classification, are noted. Based on a positivist legal understanding, three original classifications of doctrinal principles of Russian law are proposed. The first classification is based on criteria such as the source ...
Artificial Intelligence: a catalyst for entrepreneurship education in the Baltics
... the Register of Enterprises (RE) of Latvia. Una has mastered many areas of RE activity and has learned to answer thousands of different questions about the creation, management and liquidation of companies in Latvian and English. The situation is more complicated in the private sector, where Latvia lags behind its neighbours Estonia and Finland, as well as the Scandinavian countries in the implementation and use of virtual assistants. Active and skilled youth, living in an environment of economic innovation,...
Reputation and status in Denmark’s strategic culture
... experienced technical and military personnel, and NATO and the US returning to the priority of containing Russia and strengthening the defence capabilities of European countries at the NATO summits in Wales and Warsaw in 2014 and 2016, significantly complicated Denmark’s task of maintaining its reputation as a reliable and dependable ally. In March 2022, persistent difficulties in equipping the Danish armed forces led the country to adopt a plan to reach the NATO target of defence expenditures ...
Christmas and Easter archetypes in A. Varlamov’s story “The Little Star”: to the plot and character typology problem
... image of Christ, which is manifested by the meek bearing of reproach. The Christmas archetype is presented through a multi-level star symbol, which becomes a prototype of Paradise and eternal life. The symbolism of the image of the star becomes more complicated, combined with the image of Liza; the girl, like a little star, is able to show the way to God, and this is also reflected in the title of the story.
Dorofeeva L.G., Kharitonova A.V
Modern Russian prose, A. Varlamov, Christian axiology,...
Russian military engineers in the Prussian campaign of 1757— 1762
... during the Seven Years' War. It is shown that as the province was occupied by Russian troops, the engineering tasks were changing: there was a transition from equipping the track infrastructure to restoring defensive facilities. Restoration work was complicated by a variety of circumstances, including the lack of military engineers in the field due to their presence at the front line, the limited possibility to engage the local population in the fortifications’ restoration, as well as poor funding ...
The Visegrad Group and the Baltic Assembly: coalitions within the EU as seen through Russian foreign policy
... article aims to explore the following questions. Does the activity of these sub-alliances open up opportunities for Russia to normalise bilateral relations with their member countries? Is membership in sub-alliances a neutral factor or will it further complicate bilateral relations? Does a possible dialogue with the V4 and BA/BCM have the potential of becoming a backup channel of Russia-EU communication?
Previous research on the topic
International cooperation is developing more and more often through ...
Institutional approach to assessing the transition to a circular economy: the case of the Kaliningrad region
... municipal solid waste (MSW) management, the authors propose incentive schemes that will likely stimulate the transition to a circular economy in the region. It is shown that, in Russia, the identification of the holder of the property right to waste is complicated. This can be a hindrance to effective MSW management. Moreover, objects handled by MSW management services may fall into different types, but at the same time, it is possible to transfer objects from one type to another. One of the ways to ...
Dare to Know, or the Gospel According to Kant
... granting of freedoms; and the granting of freedoms in turn calls for a mature public. I also ask the question, “Whose yoke is heavier, one’s own or the guardian’s?” and offer my version of an answer. In conclusion, I assemble all parts of the complicated and original formula of the Kantian recipe of Enlightenment. Among other things, I reveal a special type of bonding within the social organism implied by Kant, and that is the requirement to obey those who are not above us in thinking and ...
Petroleum as a space for non-translation: Hikmet, Negarestani, Parshchikov
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International heritage in the memorial landscape of the Kaliningrad region
... major trend in the regional culture of remembrance. Unrestricted scientific and public discussion about local history, a common practice in the region, makes a sharp contrast to the Soviet decades. It has produced a coherent picture of the region’s complicated past and helped Kaliningraders ‘appropriate’ a considerable part of the international historical and cultural heritage.
The memorial sites in Kaliningrad associated with international cultural heritage can be categorized based on different ...
Efficiency analysis of seaports in Russia’s Baltic basin: performance evaluation
... terminals were built
Ust-Luga
The new water area in the southern part of the port was started for use
2022
There are created conditions for the ships «Astrakhan», «SL-7», «SO-14»
Source: complied according to the Rosmorport.<4>
Despite the complicated economic and political situation in the country and worldwide, planned investment projects aimed at modernizing and enhancing the performance of Baltic seaports are not being squeezed or postponed. On the contrary, new investment projects ...
The spread of the COVID-19 infection in Russia’s Baltic macro-region: internal differences
... have concluded that the nature of government response was as important in the context of pandemic control as national geographical and economic parameters.
The focus of this research on the Baltic macro-region comprising seven Russian territories complicates the application of regression analysis, which is well suited for larger universes (dozens or hundreds of objects). It would be ill-considered to draw on municipal statistics, such as total and major-cause mortality, when analysing the spatial ...
Estonian ‘Balticness’ as a social construct: meanings and contextual specifics
... between Estonia and Finland. The railways of Rail Baltic are planned to run across Finland and Poland; the project also includes an undersea tunnel under the Gulf of Finland.
Nevertheless, excluding these occurrences from the study will unreasonably complicate the research methodology. Based on this consideration, no additional conditions were introduced, and the units of analysis were selected according to the above rule for the occurrences of words coming from the root balti.
Results
Between 1 ...
The two-party tendency in Poland’s political system: manifestations, causes and prospects
... that moment started recruiting supporters from across the liberal wing. The right-wing populist Self-Defence, whose leader Andrzej Lepper was dubbed ‘the third twin’ for his likeness to the Kaczyński brothers [20, p. 897], found itself in a much complicated predicament: half of its supporters absented themselves from the 2007 election [19, s. 589], and in the 2010s, they started voting for PiS.
Remarkably, this ideological division did not follow the standard Prawica—Lewica (right wing–left ...
The sea factor in the federal regulation of Russia’s spatial development: post-Soviet experience and current priorities
... an emerging area of research worldwide [27], [28], [29], albeit the problem was first formulated over a decade ago [30]. Nevertheless, substantial groundwork has been laid (see [31] for an overview of the relevant literature) for research on a less complicated subject: MSP-driven interactions between the land and the sea. There are also publications on coastal industrial clusters (inventoried in [32]), many of them concentrating on the case of Germany.<13>
Unfortunately, these problems have ...
‘Polish Question’ in Lithuania and Problems of Polish-Lithuanian Relations at the Turn of the Century
... Lithuania, developed over the last decades. These relations cannot be described in unambiguous terms. On the one hand, common aspirations for European integration created conditions for rapprochement and cooperation. On the other, the partnership has been complicated by disagreements and mutual claims. The main problem is the situation of the correspondent ethnic minorities in the two countries: Poles in Lithuania and Lithuanians in Poland. According to the Polish authorities, the interests of Lithuania’s ...
The influence of urbanization on the morphometric indicators of women (the case of the indigenous peoples of the north)
... while growth rates approached the newcomer population. The circumference of the hips and abdomen was statistically significantly higher among the small peoples of the North migrating to the city in comparison with those living in the village, as well as complications of pregnancy and childbirth. Newborns had the highest Apgar scores among the indigenous peoples living in the village. Thus, these studies allow us to conclude that for the indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North, the processes associated ...
The first experience of percutaneous imposition of gastrocystostomy in the pancreatic cyst treatment
... The Seldinger technique was used, a low-traumatic percutaneous percutaneous intervention: puncture and double drainage of the pancreatic cyst TRANS-pancreatically and extra-organically. Reduced operation time and General treatment time. There were no complications. There is no recurrence of the disease for more than a year.
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Clinical cases, pathogenesis and diagnosis of catatonia in affective disorders (depression and mania) in adolescents
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Immanuel Kant’s House in Königsberg: Attempt at a 3D Reconstruction
... late eighteenth — early nineteenth centuries. With the help of 3D modelling and historical sources a realistic model of Kant’s house has been created, showing both the exterior and the interior. In addition to the paucity of sources, the task was complicated by technical problems due to the need to recreate several rooms at one location simultaneously. Reconstruction draws on several genuine objects from Kant’s house, now kept at museums in Germany. Also available are written and visual sources ...
“Čut’ živye, v noč’ osennjuju / My s ochoty vozvraščaemsja…” Secondary predicate in Nekrasov’s poetic texts
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Treatment of peptic ulcer of gastroenteroanastomosis complicated by ongoing bleeding. Practical observation
... an adequate resection of the organ stump and found a solution to the problem associated with the insufficient size of the adductor loop by reconstructing the inter-intestinal anastomoses. The applied technique made it possible to avoid post-surgery complications. The control examination for a period of more than a year showed the absence of a relapse of the disease, the restoration of normal nutrition and normal indicators of the physical methods of patient examination.
Lyubivyy E. D., ...
The terms «clinical recommendations», «clinical guidelines», «diagnostic and treatment protocol»: a comparative analysis of definitions
... multicomponent units that name specific varieties of these documents. It was revealed that a large number of syntagmatic connections of the main term and its derivatives (attributive and substantive) explains the coexistence of many derived units, which complicates the professional communication process. All terms are divided into semantic groups in accordance with the semantics of dependent words. The studied regulatory documents are characterized by a common goal, functions, are similar in terms ...
Translation of new sociological terminology: challenges and solutions
... sociology sees an active expansion of foreign language terminology and translated terms reflecting changes in the English-language social picture of the world. However, the lack of consistency in intra-lingual and inter-lingual translation of new terms may complicate the understanding of this terminology by representatives of multilingual academic schools. This study aims to analyse modern English sociological terms and translated borrowings in Russian, to explore their form and conceptual content in two ...
Disease control and border lockdown at the EU’s internal borders during Covid-19 pandemic: the case of Finland
... some exceptions, it also restricted travel-to-work commuting and everyday cross-border encounters between Finland and its Schengen neighbours of Sweden, Norway and Estonia. The restrictions hampered tourism and migrant-dependent industries as well as complicated the lives of migrants’ families. While the lockdown of the Estonian and Russian border does not cause any debates in Finnish society, the closure of the Finnish-Swedish border that has been completely open since the 1950s and the new regime ...
The effect of Covid-19 on labour migration in the CIS
... of qualitative and quantitative data was collated on the situation of migrant workers during Covid-19 restriction in the Russian Federation and across the CIS. The findings suggest that the lack of international coordination in tackling Covid-19 has complicated the situation of migrant workers, who suffer from the closure of borders and the absence of adequate social support. The article explores problems faced by migrant workers in the current crisis and proposes measures to alleviate them.
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The progressing multiple splenosis: paper review and own observation
... development of splenosis of various localization and the possibility of radiation imaging diagnostics. The authors analyzed a differential diagnosis with a primary or secondary tumour process and reviewed patient management tactics as well as potential complications. The study described a case of splenosis 14 years after splenectomy due to spleen rupture with blunt abdominal trauma at the age of 7. A comprehensive examination of the patient with the methods of radiation imaging and laboratory diagnostics ...
The Problem of the Relationship between Apperception, Self-Consciousness and Consciousness in Kant’s Critical Philosophy
... above-mentioned faculties which are intimately connected with Kant’s formulation of the key tasks of transcendental philosophy. The prime task is to discover the categories of understanding and to prove the legitimacy of their use, a task that is further complicated by the difference between the editions of the Critique of Pure Reason in terms of the argumentation in the section on the deduction of categories and Kant’s concept of apperception. Accordingly, the author seeks to clarify the purpose of ...
Breast silicone implants: the issues of post-surgery complications
... of breast silicone implants reliability is getting widely discussed in the world. The article presents the results of an anonymous survey of more than three hundred women with a of mammoplasty in medical history. We analyzed whether post-surgery complications depend on age, surgical access, and the manufacturer of the prosthesis. The study showed that age and surgical access are not associated with the occurrence of complications. Commonly known breast silicone implants are produced by Allergan ...
Economic and geopolitical aspects of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline
... increase gas supply from Russia to Germany and other EU countries. It serves mutual economic interests: the predicted growth in gas demand in the EU markets and the need to strengthen the energy security of the EU. The implementation of the NS 2 project is complicated by the need to allow for the EU energy legislation and by the expanding influence of geopolitical factors on EU – Russia cooperation, including those stemming from the aggressive US energy diplomacy seeking to prevent the project from being ...
The development of political geography and geopolitics as an academic and research discipline in the Baltic region: the historical contribution of Saint Petersburg University
In this article, we address the little-researched and complicated problems of the genesis, periodisation, and development of political geography and geopolitics as academic and research disciplines across the Baltic region in general and the contribution of Saint Petersburg University in particular. ...
Demographic Situation and Demographic Security in the Regions of Russia’s Western Borderlands
In this study, I address the vast and complicated problem of population replacement in Russia’s border regions. Although both national and regional demographic indicators have improved in Russia in recent years, many issues relating to sub-replacement fertility, irrational migration, etc....
Baltic Cooperation in Marine Spatial Planning
... integrated management of coastal zones and marine spatial planning emerged as a new area of international cooperation. Despite intensive theoretical work on the mentioned concepts, the development of a harmonised spatial planning in the Baltic Sea region is complicated by the complex nature of the problem, a relatively intensive exploitation of marine resources, diverse interests of the stakeholders, and differences in national institutional systems. We describe the key stages of the process, which is regulated ...
John Bunyan’s allegoric tradition in Clive Staples Lewis’s novel The Pilgrim’s Regress
... novel helps the author to speak plainly about complex things: he explores the cultur¬al attitudes of a 20th-century person from the perspective of the Christ-centric axiological system of the Middle Ages. This article considers Lewis’s novel as a complicated intertext, which both serves as a palimpsest of John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress and enters into dialogue with it. The study identifies the pre-texts of Lewis’s intertextual novel. The interrelation between Lewis’s and Bunyan’s ...
Economic and demographic distinctions between municipal districts of the Kaliningrad region
... different types. It is shown that peripheral eastern municipalities lag behind the western part of the region, where the city of Kaliningrad is located. In the east, where the level of employment is lower and the problem of unemployment is more complicated, there is a significant migration outflow of the population to Kaliningrad and its satellite towns. The regional programme Vostok is being developed to tackle the problem of the eastern municipalities. It offers additional benefits ...
Public law entities and the theory of the subjects of law
... demonstrated the fallacy of separate terms in public law and have drawn attention to the increasing number of arbitrary provisions in public legislation. In their works, they have noted a growing number of fictitious legal constructions and relations that complicate the assessment of the legitimacy of the individual’s conduct.
1. Борисов А. М. Псевдоперсоны в римском праве (диалог с И. Б. Новицким) // Историко-правовые проблемы: ...
Information metabolism and innovation dynamics in the Rostov agglomeration: the role of the coastal factor and economic clustering
The article focuses on the issues of innovative development of coastal agglomerations, as advancement drivers for the regions of Southern Russia, which experience a reduction in contact potential in modern geo-economic conditions that complicates international economic and technological cooperation. The aim of the study is to identify the specifics of the information metabolism processes as the basis of innovative development taking place in the Rostov agglomeration being the ...
A. V. Makedonov and A. A. Palshkov. The history of an epistolary (based on the correspondence stored in the Literary Museum archive of SmolSU)
... Smolensk State Pedagogical Institute (currently Smolensk State University). The paper considers the history of pre-publishing preparation of an article containing extracts of N. I. Rylenkov's letters. Our analysis of the epistolary discourse has revealed a complicated situation characteristic of those years, when due to the efforts of the SSPI Chair of Literature a serious work was launched to thoroughly study creations of Smolensk poets listed by A. V. Makedonov as members of the Smolensk Poetic School ...
Impact of successive iterations of some conformal mappings on simple curves
The problem of transformation of some elementary closed and non-closed curves by means of successive iterations of conformal mapping is considered. Since the analytical description of the equations of images for some conformal mappings is quite complicated, it is convenient to use the Maple computer algebra system to implement the iterative process.
1. Краснов М. Л., Киселев А. И., Макаренко Г. И. Функции комплексного переменного....