Efficiency analysis of seaports in Russia’s Baltic basin: performance evaluation
This research presents a comprehensive analysis of the performance efficiency of Russia’s Baltic seaports, taking into account various economic indicators and addressing investment planning and management issues. Special attention is given to the sustainable development goals ...
Conceptualizing emotions through discourse: a pragmatic view on the reader's interest
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Spatial differentiation of rural territories in the Kaliningrad region: implications for socio-economic policies
... of the oblast does not. The region has been implementing a policy of support for rural territories, especially for the peripheral eastern municipalities. However, there is a need for the policy to be further reinforced, alongside the development of a comprehensive spatial development strategy for the region. The article outlines proposals in this regard.
Introduction
Numerous works published in Russia and internationally have looked at the problems of spatial differentiation, with a special ...
Small towns of Latvia: disparities in regional and urban development
... conducted by the Institute of Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences in collaboration with Daugavpils University (Latvia) in 2020—2021. The study aimed to identify the reasons for the disparity in the development of small towns in Latvia. A comprehensive approach was taken to integrate the results of territorial, spatial and socio-economic analyses. By employing the methodology of indexing and ranking large-scale empirical data characterising the development of all small towns in Latvia,...
Education in orthodox comprehensive schools in modern Russia: the issue of choosing methodological principles of research
The development of Orthodox comprehensive education schools in Russia at the end of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st centuries, as part of the religious education system, makes them a new and relevant subject for scientific research. The necessity of restoring the full educational ...
Territorial structure of inbound and domestic tourism in the Baltic States
... labour-intensive sectors of the economy, creates new jobs. Estonia’s tourism industry is the largest contributor to national employment (11.7 %). In Latvia and Lithuania, the share of those employed in tourism was 8.3 % and 4.8 % respectively.
A comprehensive indicator for comparing tourism development at a national level is the Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report. In the 2019 document,<2> the Baltic States ranked in the top half of the 136-strong list, which points to the attractiveness ...
The modern economy of Russia’s Baltic regions in the municipal context
... region, studies concerning digitalization have significance in the current context (due to the COVID-19 pandemic). They focus on the differences across municipalities, their causes and consequences [34], [35].
The novelty of this research lies in the comprehensive analysis of a broader range of economic indicators than ever before, with a strong emphasis on the changes in the economies of municipalities in the context of the two most recent crises. While there are papers assessing the impact of both ...
Artificial Intelligence: a catalyst for entrepreneurship education in the Baltics
... goal, the authors employ a range of methods, including comparative analysis, analogy, generalization, classification, and structural-functional analysis, among others. These methodologies are integrated within an interdisciplinary framework, enabling a comprehensive investigation of the subject matter. The comparative analysis of university entrepreneurship education in the Baltic States demonstrates the strengths and weaknesses inherent in the notion of entrepreneurial potential. This study also considers ...
A typology of the Baltic region states according to excellence in science and technology
... characteristics [24]. Analogously, a comparable framework can be employed to scrutinize scientific and technological progress as a component of the production system.
Developed countries and transnational corporations of the world are not able to conduct comprehensive scientific research on their own, which creates certain conditions for ever greater globalization of production systems and, as a result, leads to more intensive participation of the main actors in the global division of labour [25].
The ...
Estonian ‘Balticness’ as a social construct: meanings and contextual specifics
... meanings labelling the country as a Baltic State, this contribution provides a content analysis of official speeches given by Estonia’s political leadership. It is concluded that, despite the visibility of socioeconomic issues in the discourse, the most comprehensive image of Estonian ‘Balticness’ is constructed by interconnected narratives built around the Soviet past and the ‘security threats’ associated with Russia. The theoretical framework of regionalism, which allows one to consider the ...
Cross-border tourist mobility as seen by residents of the Karelian borderlands: COVID-19 restrictions
... residents and organisations. The COVID-19 restrictions affected the routines of the residents of the Karelian borderlands more severely than those of people living in the inner municipalities or the regional capital. The findings of the study provide a comprehensive picture of the significance of cross-border tourist mobility (border tourism) and point to spatial differences in the perception of the study phenomenon by the residents of border, interior and urban municipalities. When applied in practice,...
Vocational education in Russia and China: the role of values in the transmission of experience revisited
Drawing on comprehensive historical data about the system of music education in China in the 1920—1930s, the authors focus on the relevance of professional pedagogical values for the successful transmission of professional experience. Examining axiological dimension ...
Geography of the mobile internet in the border and interior regions of Russia
... socio-economic processes but also on improving connectivity for border areas with the main territory of the country. It can also enhance their role in international trade, including increasing the efficiency and safety of border and customs control services. A comprehensive utilization of the digital potential in border regions encompasses the development of both fibre-optic networks and wireless cellular and satellite technologies. This should enhance citizens’ internet access (including in border areas) ...
Modern trends in paradiplomacy: a case of Russian-Finnish regional cooperation
... specific traits of local participants and describe how they communicate with one another.
Materials. The methods of data collection and data themselves should be diverse in order to conduct an informative case study analysis in “a more synergistic and comprehensive view” [21, p. 12]. The materials for the analysis can be divided into the following groups:
— European documents as well as Finnish and Russian national documents;
— Joint Russian-European and Russian-Finnish documents;
— Cross-border ...
Reputation and status in Denmark’s strategic culture
... Denmark within NATO and in the eyes of the US. However, in reality, they had little to no adverse effect on the practical activities of the alliance [10]. Researchers from the Danish Institute for International Studies reached similar conclusions in their comprehensive four-volume report on Denmark’s foreign policy during the Cold War (1945—1991), which appeared in February 2005.<7> The report concluded that, during the Cold War, Denmark, labelled as an ‘ally with reservations’ both in formal ...
Geopolitical Security of Russia: Remarks on the Problem Statement
... risks to Russia’s geopolitical stability. Given the critical importance of national security and the need to protect the country against a range of potential threats, including those with geopolitical implications, it is imperative that we adopt a comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach to monitoring and safeguarding the security of the nation.
The concept of geopolitical space refers to a set of ideas that describe the power dynamics of international politics. At its core, it involves a competition ...
The spread of the COVID-19 infection in Russia’s Baltic macro-region: internal differences
... account its physical and environmental conditions. Evidence from Vicent Rios and Lisa Gianmoena’s work on Italy suggests that temperature and humidity are crucial factors in the spread of the virus, alongside social ties and contacts [9]. Thus, a comprehensive approach would involve examining the influence of the Baltic Sea, which extends to varying degrees across several regions, including St. Petersburg, Leningrad, Kaliningrad, Novgorod, Pskov, Murmansk, and the Republic of Karelia, as highlighted ...
Reputation core of Russian authorities: the case of the regional level of executive power
... interests and choice preferences. The legitimization of actions is associated with justifying one’s own choices and behaviour in the eyes of other individuals and the public [13, p. 126]. Irhin argues that the neo-institutional approach enables a comprehensive examination of political and other institutions from a comparative, value-based, ethical, and sociological perspective. This approach allows for the identification of the internal causes and goals of institutional activities, evaluation ...
The sea factor in the federal regulation of Russia’s spatial development: post-Soviet experience and current priorities
... properties inherent, for instance, in the human community (embodied in its structure and projected on its dynamics), but also a basic approach and, to a large degree, the imperative of any productive social activity, including public policy. Careful and comprehensive consideration of the features of space, its determinants and possibilities is particularly important for Russia, a vast and very heterogeneous country, which has found itself in the epicentre of global geoeconomic and geopolitical tectonic ...
National urban policy in Russia and the European experience
... Russia is the Spatial Development Strategy. However, it overlooks some issues essential for the development of the city system: the federal authorities support only selected types of towns, such as single-industry municipalities, and the NUP is not comprehensive as it pays little attention to the economic dimension. A feeble information framework and largely powerless municipal authorities impede further development of the NUP. A transition to a comprehensive and well-designed NUP in Russia is proposed,...
Assessing competitiveness of the Baltic states in tourism
Tourism competitiveness is a basic requirement for a country’s presence in the international tourism market. A comprehensive and systematic assessment of tourism competitiveness and comparisons with other states make it possible to identify its structure, strengths and weaknesses. Assessing competitiveness is a live issue in the Baltic region, where tourism is ...
Modern indicators of urban development: challenges and opportunities for creating integral approaches to city management
... indexes and rankings of urban development. The author explored the main methodological approaches to the assessment of the rate of urban development. One of the topical issues of contemporary research on this subject in Russia is an attempt to create comprehensive methods of assessing urban development without taking into account the specifics of urban management and the scale of regional economy. In this regard, the paper provides a critical analysis of approaches to urban development indicators,...
Coastal and recreation landscape of Kaliningrad: modern potential and prospects for spatial development
The authors have conducted a comprehensive assessment of Kaliningrad suburban areas and identified the coastal landscape and recreation area within the ring road impact. Comprehensive analysis resulted in the typology of internal areas considering how favorable they can be for ...
Monotowns: A Quantitative Analysis
... index for scrap non-ferrous metals in the Russian market in December 2015], 2015, available at: http://www.infogeo. ru/metalls/review/?act=show&rev=1133 (accessed 29.12.2015).
6. Kompleksnyj investicionnyj plan modernizacii monogoroda Novokuzneck [A comprehensive investment plan for the modernization of company towns Novokuznetsk], 2016, available at: http://monogorod.kemobl.ru/NOVOKUZNETSK/kipr1.pdf (accessed 01.02.2016).
7. Kompleksnyj investicionnyj plan modernizacii monogoroda Noril'ska [A comprehensive ...
The modelling of consumer demand for food in the Kaliningrad region
This article presents an approach to developing a comprehensive model of demand for agricultural produce in the Kaliningrad region within the re-search problem of ensuring regional food security. The comprehensive model includes the regulatory and statistical patterns of consumption and a model of demand ...
Geography of international clusters in the Baltic region
International cluster is a relatively new form of spatial organisation of economy in the globalisation conditions, which has become a frequent phenomenon in European countries, including those of the Baltic region. It requires a comprehensive study of both regional economics and economic geography. This article aims to identify structured international clusters in the Baltic region and map the corresponding regions. The results obtained will make it possible to get a comprehensive ...
The influence of S.T. Shatsky’s pedagogical views on the organization of children’s life during the formation of the pioneer organization (1922—1929)
... experience for further use in modern conditions, when a new stage of development of children’s organizations is observed in the Russian Federation. Despite the primary goal of ideological education in the pioneer organization, its activities reflected comprehensive elements such as play, labor education, art, and social education. According to S. T. Shatsky, these are fundamental elements in organizing children’s life. The connection between the theoretical views of S. T. Shatsky and practical ...
Company history as a subgenre of the corporate website
... established that the corporate website is a hypergenre, its sections are genres, and subsections are subgenres. Pragmatic, media-related, structural-semantic, and stylistic-linguistic subgenre parameters of the “Company History” subsection are examined. A comprehensive initial communicative goal of this subsection is identified: to shape a positive image, create a successful brand, and strengthen trust in the company. The research results contribute to understanding the structural and compositional ...
Polydiscursive paradigm of specialised translation in the glocal multilingual coordinates
... specialized translational discourse, its nuclear and allied types of integrated discourses. This emphasizes the distinction from monodiscursive translational actions. Within the poly-discursive space, a translator constructs translational strategies and a comprehensive translation technology in accordance with criteria, features, dominants, values, chronotopes, participants, and other discursively determined characteristics of all integrated discourses, both nuclear and allied. Thus, the translator forms ...
Vladimir Bibikhin: the connoisseur of poetry and the poet
... and new genre-thematic complexes. The Records demonstrate how poetry allowed the poet to unveil the underside of the myth of the poet, revealing the role of conceptualizations in the development of creative individuality and the associated rhythm. A comprehensive examination of Bibikhin's expertise in verse and his poetry addresses several related questions: how late Soviet independent philosophy initially interpreted cultural creativity, not predetermined but aimed at the formation of universal ...
Problems of using the results of an operational experiment and test purchase in proving a criminal case
... distinguishing lawful 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 ...
Promising methods for detecting submarine groundwater discharge in the Baltic Sea and experience of their application
... Baltic Sea is characterized, allowing for the identification of areas where submarine discharge of groundwater from Jurassic and Cretaceous horizons occurs. The conclusion is drawn that for effective detection of submarine discharge foci, a comprehensive approach involving various research methods is necessary.
Mikhnevich G.S., Yakimova E.A.
submarine discharge, groundwater, Baltic Sea, indicators, methods, anomalies
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10.5922/gikbfu-2023-3-5
The border as a barrier and an incentive for the structural economic transformation of the Kaliningrad exclave
... economic and territorial framework, drawing from insights gained from past crises.
Literature review and state of research
Border studies are a dynamic and evolving interdisciplinary field of academic inquiry with a strong theoretical framework. A comprehensive review of this field is available in [1]. The contemporary paradigm conceptualises state borders, much like any other formal demarcations, as dynamic social institutions. Notably, these institutions are not static lines but rather variable ...
The adaptation of Russian regions’ economies to the rupture of relations with Europe: the case of Baltic Sea ports
... to develop under sanctions. A prime example of this is Russian seaports. This article examines the factors that enabled Russian businesses, including those operating in Baltic Sea ports, to adapt to the sanctions and continue operations. To do so, a comprehensive analysis was conducted, with a focus on macroeconomic, sectoral, regional, and corporate statistics. In addition, scholarly articles and information from business media were examined, and a survey was conducted among Russian enterprises ...
Three Russian Baltic regions in the context of confrontation between Russia and the West
... highlighted by the author of the article—especially the energy interdependence between Russia and Europe — have lost much of their significance. Some researchers contend that “European energy security will remain problematic in the absence of a more comprehensive political settlement between Russia and the West” [15, p. 875], although this perspective is not unanimous.
The previously noted ‘pacifying’ effect of nuclear weapons, as emphasized in [14], has also begun to wane. This development ...
The specifics of psychological atmosphere within inclusive groups of university students
... determining factor in the psychological atmosphere within a student group. Students’ perspectives on the positive and negative effects of collaborative learning with students with health limitations are discussed. The idea of the necessity for a comprehensive socio-psychological study to enhance inclusive practices in university education is expressed.
Starovoit N.V.
inclusive higher education, students with disability, nosology, student group, psychological atmosphere
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Verb in the lexical structure of hagiographic text: syntagmatic aspect
Using a comprehensive approach to the analysis of linguistic facts, a fragment of the lexical structure of hagiographic text formed by verbal units is characterized. The material for the study consists of hagiographic lives of saints and martyrs from the Synodal ...
Text formation function of the author's modality in the poetry of Joseph Brodsky (on the poem «I always kept saying that the fate is a game...» — «Я всегда твердил, что судьба — игра...»)
The article has conducted a comprehensive analysis of Joseph Brodsky’s poem “I always kept saying that the fate is a game...” based on functional-semantic and communicative-pragmatic approaches. In the process of analysis, the main emphasis is placed on the author’s modality ...
Linguopoetics of A.P. Chekhov: ensemble of artistic details. Part 1
... of the two narrative blocks of the story. Special attention is given to the analysis of the formation and functioning of transposing details, i. e., details in their contextually conditioned semantic and functional evolution. The application of a comprehensive research methodology, combining functional-semantic, contextual, and interpretational types of analysis, allows for the conclusion about the dominant role of diverse artistic details in shaping and explicating the content-conceptual information ...
Initiative as a type of document
... significant issue and convincing them of the necessity of societal changes.
The analysis of the text is conducted using a genre-based approach and the parameterization methodology based on the concept of a "genre model," allowing for a comprehensive description that takes into account parameters determined by both linguistic and extralinguistic factors. The specificity of the analysis model concerning documental text is noted, along with the multivector and multilevel nature of relationships ...
The Swedish institute’s scholarship policy as a soft power instrument
... Institute (SI) from 1995 to 2023. An investigation of the organisation’s materials, scholarship statistics and feedback interviews with SI programme alumni suggests that the implementation of the scholarship policy was erratic during the study period. A comprehensive analysis of the Institute’s efforts was carried out to describe the relationship between nation branding, soft power and education. The focus was on the principles and practices behind promoting Sweden’s image in an international educational ...
Information and propaganda strategies in German non-state media discourse during the COVID-19 pandemic
... contradicted their editorial stance or the preferences of their proprietors. Meanwhile, facets of the pandemic that coincided with the objectives of the editorial office and catered to the needs of publishers, owners, and other stakeholders received the most comprehensive coverage. During times of crisis, non-state media could align with the state’s biopolitical objectives, overtly endorsing vaccination and adherence to restrictions. Alternatively, they might assume a more impartial position, taking into ...
A part outside the whole? (To Anton Zimmerling's article “Really: syntactics without semiotics?”)
... potential ones. Within this framework, philological linguistics, as discussed by Zimmerling, finds its place, and the transitions of scholars like Witzany from biohermeneutics to biopragmalinguistics and Ongstad's shift from philology become more comprehensible.
Averintsev, S. S., 1977. Poetika rannevizantiiskoi literatury [Poetics of Early Byzantine Literature]. Moscow (in Russ.).
Chebanov, S. V. and Dmitrieva, M. A., 2009. Directions in Interpretative Biosemiotics. In: 9th Gathering ...
Societal security in the Baltic Sea Region: the Russian perspective
... as a whole is stable, and destabilizing factors occur from outside.
To sum up, the societal security concept is still absent in Russian official documents, but, at the same time, the main problems related to the sphere of societal security are quite comprehensively addressed: the ways and means of coping with these threats and challenges are determined, including the efforts of both the state and public institutions.
Russian IR schools
Russian IR schools significantly differ from each other by their ...
Project approach in transboundary tourism-and-recreation region building: the case of Karelia
... and development in the study area. Common trends and specific features of international projects carried out in Karelian municipalities have been identified in the context of transboundary tourism-and-recreation region building. The findings add to a comprehensive picture of how international tourism projects may forward the building and development of transboundary tourism-and-recreation regions. The results of the study can be used in research into international cooperation and tourism. The proposed ...
Setting up specially protected natural areas of local significance in Kaliningrad: problems and solutions
The paper studies the data of a comprehensive environmental survey of land plots in several streets (i. e. Basseynaya, Lieutenant Katina and Sportivnaya) of the city of Kaliningrad for their compliance with the requirements for a specially protected natural area of local importance....
Evaluating the efficiency of the research sector in Russian regions: a dynamic data envelopment analysis
... and forecasting research and technology profiles of regions.
Introduction
Data envelopment analysis (DEA) spans a wide range of nonparametric methods routinely used for ranking study objects according to their production efficiency [1], [2], [3]. A comprehensive review of modern types of DEA is the work by Chiang Kao [4]. This widely used method continues to develop, which is especially true for its dynamic [5] and stochastic [6] applications. In Russian literature, the first studies into the use ...
Expansionism in Poland’s strategic culture: historical retrospective and variations
... reinforced in the context of the current Ukraine events [36].
Overall, our preliminary work aimed at describing the semantic content of the expansionist types of Poland’s strategic culture does not rule out other interpretations. Yet, it provides a comprehensive picture of the historical aspects of Polish discussion on foreign policy and security, its sources of inspiration and denial, as well as possible combinations of preferences and assessments of the external environment.
The publication was ...
The impact of the food embargo on consumer preferences and cross-border practices in the Kaliningrad region
... availability of retail facilities and their technical and economic parameters;
3) assessment of personal factors determining consumer behaviour (mobility, taste preferences, the importance of shopping choice, etc.) [17], [18].
Zotova et al. provided a comprehensive summary of the extensive empirical evidence regarding cross-border mobility along various regions of the Russian borders [19]. According to their study, people in the Kaliningrad region had a strong motivation to overcome all the obstacles....
Population change and the settlement system transformation in Poland, as revealed by the 2021 census
... (Narodowy Spis Powszechny Ludności i Mieszkań, hereinafter referred to as NSP 2021) was held in Poland between April 1st and September 30th 2021. In contrast to Russia, in Poland, participation in the census is mandatory, residents must give accurate, comprehensive and relevant answers to the census questions. Providing incorrect information can result in a fine or imprisonment for up to two years, refusal to provide the information required for the census is punishable by a fine, a fine is also imposed ...