Artificial Intelligence: a catalyst for entrepreneurship education in the Baltics
... diverse dimensions to the connection between the Theory of Planned Behavior and the concept of entrepreneurial potential.
ChatGPT, for instance, can be a valuable resource for entrepreneurs by assisting them with tasks such as generating business ideas, conducting market research, building predictive models, and identifying emerging trends. Such capabilities empower entrepreneurs to make well-informed decisions. ChatGPT and similar technical tools with AI components serve as vital support systems for ...
Reputation core of Russian authorities: the case of the regional level of executive power
... Federation as a whole. The article also offers a comparison of the reputation core of regional executive authorities with that of ‘Russia’s authorities’ in general. The methods used in this research are expert assessment and population surveys conducted in six regions of Central Russia. The study has revealed the main characteristics constituting the reputation core of executive authorities and described their specificity in different regions. Based on the results of the theoretical and empirical ...
The impact of the food embargo on consumer preferences and cross-border practices in the Kaliningrad region
... investigates changes in the cross-border mobility of the region’s residents with regard to the practice of shopping for groceries in neighbouring countries. The principal method used in the study is survey research. A survey of 1,019 respondents was conducted in September 2021. Additionally, a comparative analysis of average food prices in the region and neighbouring countries from 2012 to 2019 was carried out based on data from Kaliningradstat and the national statistics services in Poland and Lithuania....
Theoretical approaches to studying police officers’ breaches of conduct
This article analyses Russian and international theoretical approaches to interpreting breaches of conduct by police officers. The author stresses the need to verify empirically the relevance of classical postulates of organizational and social psychology for interpreting breach of conduct in a formalized organization in the contemporary socioeconomic ...
The adaptation of Russian regions’ economies to the rupture of relations with Europe: the case of Baltic Sea ports
... 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 operating across various industries ...
University performance and regional development: the case of Russia’s North-West
... positive externalities from the application of the intellectual wealth of its human capital in both productive and non-productive sectors [10].
Since universities fulfil socially significant functions, this study applies a functional approach that allows conducting an in-depth analysis to understand their behaviour and influence on socio-economic systems. Allied studies widely use this approach to analyse higher education systems in general [9], [11] and assess the factors affecting regional development ...
Problems of using the results of an operational experiment and test purchase in proving a criminal case
... This is due to the fact that these actions reflect a criminal event carried out under the control of law enforcement authorities. To dispel doubts about the admissibility of documented results of such operational measures, a legal standard for their conduct is developed. Unlike sectoral developments regarding such a legal standard, an interdisciplinary legal standard is proposed. It includes criminal procedural norms, norms of criminal investigative law, as well as judicial precedents. Compliance ...
Geography of the mobile internet in the border and interior regions of Russia
... and geographically positioning border areas within the cross-border information space becomes significant, mainly due to the scarcity of content available in the national languages of neighbouring countries [39].
In light of these findings, this study conducts a comparative assessment of the technological capabilities of border regions in generating digital content and explores the prospects of such content generation within the context of the current mobile network density.
Research Methodology
The ...
Vernunft und Glaube. Zu Kants Deduktion der Gnadenlehre
... deeds and thoughts. The renunciation of the attempt to justify one’s evil disposition, i.e. the moral conversion to a good disposition, is thus enabled by the principle of the good. Thus one can reasonably hope to achieve goodness in one’s moral conduct because of God’s grace. A transcendental deduction (b) has to justify conditions that enable the acquisition of rational claims. The justification of the claim of practical reason that faith is a necessary precondition of one‘s moral conduct ...
A new role of cooperation under economic sanctions as seen by residents of the Kaliningrad region
... accounted for 42.6 %; from 30 to 44 years, 21.2 %; from 45 to 54 years, 9.4 %; from 55 to 64 years, 11.2 %; from 65 years and older, 15.6 %. As for primary residence, 76.3 % of respondents lived in urban areas and 23.7 % in rural areas.
The study was conducted within the framework of the research project The Role of Consumer Cooperation of the Russian Federation in New Economic Conditions, Including External Sanctions, approved by the Academic Council of RUC. According to the statement of work, the ...
Sanctions risks and regional development: Russian case
... with no such connections would not result in negative consequences; hence, the risk value for this region would be zero. In the subsequent stage, which was not addressed in the study, an assessment of the region’s vulnerability to risks should be conducted. This involves evaluating the region’s capacity to withstand and adapt to risks [31].
Based on a review of the literature on sanctions [5], [7], [10], [11], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18], considering the available data, a set of indicators ...
Priorities for the development of manufacturing industries in the Kaliningrad region
... significance, but often impacting the consumer market. Russian airlines have been banned from EU skies, and transit shipments by land have been limited as well. A growing proportion of freight transportation from mainland Russia to the region is now conducted by maritime transport, and the majority of passenger transportation is carried out by aviation, bypassing the Baltic States over the waters of the Baltic Sea. Connections with partners from friendly countries are strengthening, particularly ...
The border as a barrier and an incentive for the structural economic transformation of the Kaliningrad exclave
... strong effect. The relationship between border functions and economic restructuring was investigated over four periods. The study utilised data from Rosstat and the Federal Customs Service, departmental statistics and findings from expert interviews conducted by the authors. The extent and direction of changes are assessed by examining the ratios between major economic sectors, the structure of foreign trade relations, and the volume and sectoral distribution of investments. Four main ways are identified ...
Knowledge and innovation dynamics of the Northwest Russia under geopolitical changes
... focus on particular fields of knowledge, while the core regions have broader inventive competencies.
Relation between research and innovation
To assess the relationship between the research and innovation subsystems in Northwest Russia, the authors conducted a correlation analysis of the indicators of patent, publication, research activity and the generation of innovative products. It established a close and statistically significant relationship between the volume of innovative goods, works, and ...
Three Russian Baltic regions in the context of confrontation between Russia and the West
... are growing geopolitical risks impacting economic development, particularly for the exclave Kaliningrad region. Researchers from the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, in collaboration with experts from other scientific centres in the country, conducted studies addressing the challenges of economic security in the regions along Russia’s western borderlands. [9], [10]. Special attention is given to the problems of the Baltic region, the relations of Russian subjects located on the Baltic Sea,...
Spatial differentiation of rural territories in the Kaliningrad region: implications for socio-economic policies
... rapeseed and grain from the region.
The study of the rural areas of the Kaliningrad region has a rich historical background. Economic and demographic rural studies at Kaliningrad State University date back to the 1970s. More comprehensive research has been conducted in the post-Soviet period by scholars from the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University (IKBFU), other Kaliningrad organisations, as well as experts from Moscow and St. Petersburg. In 2022, a collective monograph by IKBFU researchers titled The ...
The Swedish institute’s scholarship policy as a soft power instrument
..., Kristina Kern) [22, p. 25]. This experience can provide valuable insights when studying Sweden’s case, given the country’s interest in the Swedish language as a tool for self-representation on the global stage.
Yulia Shestova and Inna Ryzhkova conducted a study on academic mobility within the context of soft power. They reached the conclusion that educational export significantly influences the image of the donor state, particularly in cultural and civilizational dimensions [23, p. 153]. Researchers ...
Evaluating the efficiency of the research sector in Russian regions: a dynamic data envelopment analysis
The nonparametric method of dynamic data envelopment analysis (DDEA) has become increasingly popular for conducting comparative efficiency evaluations. In recent years,
dynamic data envelopment analysis (DDEA), a variant of this method, has gained significant attention. This article applies dynamic analysis to evaluate the efficiency of the research sector ...
Expansionism in Poland’s strategic culture: historical retrospective and variations
... discussions; the terms and categories deemed adequate to describe the external environment [5, p. 7—9]. Strategic culture in a narrow sense was believed to have three components — political goals and justification of power actions, basic rules of conduct towards the opponent (annihilation, attrition, safeguarding of achievements) and operational preferences (the way resources are used to attain goals) [6, p. 7—12] — all three being a product of military experience, the advances in political ...
Cross-border tourist mobility as seen by residents of the Karelian borderlands: COVID-19 restrictions
... article offers a new approach to evaluating the significance of cross-border tourism for residents of the border region of Karelia amid COVID-19 restrictions. The work draws on data of a municipal-level survey of the region’s population (575 people), conducted by the author in collaboration with Dr Ekaterina Shlapeko in 2021. Analysis of the survey results has confirmed the customariness of cross-border tourist mobility for the Karelians and the essential role it plays in their lives. These are manifested ...
The Place of Hermann Cohen’s Ideas in the Philosophy of Dialogue
... Philosophy of the Twentieth Century]. Moscow: Labirint. (In Rus.)
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Poma, A., 1997. The Critical Philosophy of Hermann Cohen. Translated by J. Denton. Albany: SUNY Press.
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The Welfare State (Social State) in the Russian Federation as a Constitutional Principle and its Practical Implementation
... the contemporary Russia: state program of the maternity (family) capital, experience of the granting the Charge-Free Land Property for multi-child families, and also so-called project of the "Charge-Free Far Eastern Hectare". Based on the conducted analysis the authors of the article have made several suggestions regarding pragmatic realization of the constitutional principle of the Welfare State (Social State), and also regarding further modernization of the existing projects of social ...
Self-preservation behavior in children of 3—5 years in the conditions of family upbringing
This article offers the results of a screening study of the features of health behaviour in children of 3-5 years in the conditions of family upbrining, which was conducted on the basis of Russian and Belarusian samples. The author gives descriptions of respondents, as well as time disposition and localisation. The article offers results of a study into health behaviour of children conducted with the help of two ...
Results of simulating of instabilities of the equatorial F-layer of the ionosphere
... experiments of the dynamic ionospheric bubbles in the equatorial F-region are described. Generation bubbles by gravitational waves is investigated. A trigger mechanism of generation bubbles in F-layer by clouds in E-layer is studied. Influences of a conductivity of the E-layer on dynamics of bubbles are considered. It is shown that in the bubbles the molecular ions NO+ effectively transported to the higher altitude. The possibility of the formation of isolated bubbles at the altitude above the maximum ...
The evaluation of thermal conductivity coefficient in vertical direction at mat coat f the Baltic Sea
The article provides the example of an evaluation of thermal conductivity in vertical direction under the data of field observations in
the coastal waters of Sambia peninsula is considered. The calculation of volume absorption of solar radiation is made.
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On Economic Asymmetry in Russia
... regional development in Russia, which manifests itself in the considerable disparity between the productivity of regional economies. The research on the correlation between gross regional product and per capita taxable capacity in the constituents of RF conducted in 2000 and 2007 revealed the disproportions of both objective economic parameters and redistribution relations in the framework of interbudget relations system. The analysis conducted allows outlining the methods of financial and economic mechanisms ...
The influence of the border position of the Pskov region on the socio-cultural values of the population
This article presents the results of a sociological research on national and supranational (civilizational) identity of the Pskov region population conducted in 1999—2010. The Pskov region is the only European region of Russia that shares borders with three states, two of which are members of the EU. The author defines the areas of the neighbouring countries' sociocultural influence on the lives ...
The assessment of the influence of energy industries on the economic development prospects and the social environment of the Kaliningrad region of the Russian Federation
This article offers the results of research conducted in the Kaliningrad region in the framework of the "Development of Russian Energy Sector: Social and Environmental Consequences and Prospects" network project by the Centre for Advanced Studies and Education. The authors assess the ...
Geopolitical regionalisation of the Baltic area: the essence and historical dynamics
... transboundary region may serve as a site for the development of small national subregions of socioeconomic or geocultural nature. Prominent examples are the depressed border districts, which illustrate the edge effect. Many similar studies have been conducted in Northwestern Russia — a territory often subsumed under the Baltic region.
Several levels of regionalisation are distinguished according to the geo-spatial scope of regionalisation. There are two applicable ranking methods: one based on ...
Evangelical Lutheran church of Denmark: socio-economic and territorial-organisational aspects
... civilization-building role of religion and the implementation of social responsibility by religious organizations, which has been repeatedly highlighted by researchers [22], [23], [24].
The denominational space of Denmark has been a subject of research conducted by Eidemiller [25], Stepanova [26], Talalaeva [27], and others. The authors have either focused on specific regions of the country [28] or particular aspects of religious life [29]. The articles of foreign scholars, such as Christensen [30],...
Military and political cooperation between Germany and Lithuania in the late 2010s to early 2020s
... location of the “Iron Wolf” brigade. Before the early 2020s, this brigade was the only one and then the most combat-ready brigade of the Lithuanian army. During each rotation, the battle group, with the Bundeswehr playing a key role, began to actively conduct joint exercises with the Iron Wolf brigade. These exercises were part of larger multinational manoeuvres and also involved training with only two units. The goal was to achieve tactical compatibility, which meant effectively uniting two components: ...
List of lexical combinations in the macrostructure of a frequency author dictionary: on forwarding the problem
... Dictionary, which is currently in the active development stage. To identify lexical combinations in the material of Boris Ryzhy’s poetry, the computer program “Hypertext Search of Satellite Words in Author’s Texts” was used. As a result of the conducted research, recurring groups of words were discovered in different poems, forming the implicit composition of the analyzed poetic corpus. The applied significance of lexical combinations in the focus of authorial lexicography is determined: the ...
Current status of the Eastern Baltic cod population Gadus morhua callarias Linnaeus, 1758
A review of scientific literature describing the state and dynamics of the Eastern Baltic cod population over the past 30 years has been conducted. The Eastern Baltic cod is one of the most important commercial species in the Baltic Sea. An ecological regime shift in the early 1990s, resulting from a reduction in the frequency of large North Sea inflows, led to a decrease in salinity ...
Fluctuating asymmetry of leaves of mountain ash (Sorbus aucuparia L.) as a bioindicator of aerotechnogenic pollution of the city of Orenburg
An assessment of environmental pollution in the city of Orenburg was conducted using the fluctuating asymmetry method. The common mountain ash was chosen as an environmental indicator. Leaf collection took place at seven points in the city with varying anthropogenic loads. The research aimed to determine the impact ...
Characterization and use of synthesized antimicrobial peptide in the composition of biodegradable food film
... biodegradable food film using a synthesized antimicrobial peptide. The objects of the study were the peptide, test strains of C. albicans, Escherichia coli, and Bacillus subtilis. The confirmation of the purity and primary structure of the peptide was conducted using mass spectrometry. The antimicrobial activity of the peptide was studied using the disc diffusion method on both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. The degree of film biodegradation was determined after 1, 3, and 6 months by exposing ...
State support for attracting high skilled workers from Russian regions to the Kaliningrad region: enhancing effectiveness
... analyzes the current government support measures and their effectiveness for key professional groups in the Kaliningrad region, such as teachers, medical professionals, and IT specialists. The research is based on the results of in-depth interviews conducted by the authors during the summer and autumn of 2022 with migrants from different regions of Russia, employers, and experts. Additionally, publicly available information from relevant ministries about the outcomes of attracting specialists ...
Problems of transliteration and translation of Kazakh geographical names
The article addresses the challenges associated with standardizing and unifying the spelling of toponyms in Kazakhstan. The authors conduct an analysis of the linguistic variability of toponyms, exploring methods for their transcription into Kazakh, Russian, and English languages. The study's findings reveal that a majority of the country's geographical names undergo various ...
Unveiling the unseen: the challenge of phenomenological conceptual untranslatables
... languages. Yet, the absence of direct linguistic equivalents should not be misconstrued as the absence of shared human experiences. By employing a multidisciplinary approach that encompasses linguistics, cognitive science, and cultural studies, we have conducted an analysis of the conceptual framework underlying this type of lexis and identified macro- and micro-conceptual attributes that may necessitate various verbalizations in different cultural and contextual settings.
Aho, W. R., 1994. Is ...
Semantic potential of the lexeme twilight in Russian poetry
... figurative and symbolic utilization, as well as the individual reinterpretation of the term 'twilight' by poets across various literary methods, trends, and schools, including baroque, classicism, sentimentalism, romanticism, realism, and modernism. The conducted analysis leads to the following conclusions: 1) The term 'twilight' is employed in poetry in its direct-nominative dictionary sense, contributing to the creation of a lyrical chronotope and landscape sketches. In this context, the meaning ...
The ecological state of the Vistula lagoon using indicators of water quality and eutrophication
The Vistula Lagoon is a transboundary lagoon of the Baltic Sea that is subject to significant pollution and water eutrophication. An assessment of the ecological condition of the lagoon was conducted based on the calculation of modern Russian and foreign water pollution indices for the period 2007—2022. The long-term variability of these parameters was analyzed for the lagoon as a whole and separately for four regions characterized by ...
Northern cities of Russia: geographical features and modern approaches to research
... framework of this study, the main approaches to defining the boundaries of the North were considered, and a comparative analysis of northern cities located in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation, Far North regions, and areas equated to them was conducted to determine the possibility of establishing clear boundaries between the specified concepts and defining their specificity in the conditions of modern zoning of the North. All northern settlements with city status were analyzed, and they were ...
Prospects for the development of the forest park protective belt of Moscow
... Moscow in accordance with the city's master development plans. To assess its current state, a system of indicators is proposed, based on which an integrated index is calculated. A detailed analysis of the indicators and the integrated index has been conducted, allowing for the identification of three most probable scenarios for the further development of different parts of the forest-park protective belt of Moscow.
Zabelin I.A., Golubeva E.I.
Ecology of the city, Moscow agglomeration,...
The modern economy of Russia’s Baltic regions in the municipal context
... of municipalities at the municipal and urban district levels in the Kaliningrad and Leningrad regions based on their economic development and the response of their economies to the crises of 2020 and 2022. Emphasis is placed on the possibilities of conducting such assessments by merging Rosstat statistics with publicly available accounting and tax reporting data from the Federal Tax Service. The contribution also assesses the role of small businesses in municipal economies and their effect on employment,...
The Accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO: Geopolitical implications for Russia’s position in the Baltic Sea region
... these reflections, as the larger part of these countries’ elites see it, have become inappropriate [7, p. 11]. This radical break of the two states with their long-term geopolitical stance is supported by public opinion polls. In Finland, the survey conducted by the YLE media company almost immediately after Russia began its special operation in Ukraine, showed that the share of citizens in favour of joining NATO exceeded 50 per cent for the first time in that country’s history.<2> In Sweden ...
The geopolitical effect of the maritime factor on the spatial development of post-Soviet Russia: the Baltic case
... geostrategic standing. This brings to the forefront the question of to what degree maritime hubs are capable of withstanding external (sometimes overwhelming and disruptive) influences, which have been extensively discussed within regional studies [40], [41].
Conducted following the logic of the key plot methods, my analysis demonstrates that the economies of coastal municipalities comprising disparate maritime hubs responded differently to the turbulent events of 2014 and 2015 (Table 3). The same diversity ...
The specifics of psychological atmosphere within inclusive groups of university students
The description and results of an empirical study conducted within two inclusive student groups at the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University are presented. The instrument used for this research was the “Psychological Atmosphere in the Group Scale” (F. Fiedler’s scale adapted by Yu. L. Khanin) ...
Unofficial astyonyms and katoyconyms as markers of regional identity
The paper focuses on unofficial names for the city of Kaliningrad and its residents investigated on user comments in regional social networks and a survey conducted by regional media (approximately 5000 participants). The study identifies the main patterns of forming unofficial demonyms and toponyms, including those derived from the pre-war name of the city, Königsberg. The pragmatic functions performed ...
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 ...
Economic development of Russia’s north-western regions and migration to the St. Petersburg agglomeration
... environs, since most other NWFD regions are losing the most valuable resource — the youth, who tend to concentrate in the St. Petersburg agglomeration after completing their education, thus augmenting the city’s potential.
The aim of this article is to conduct a comparative analysis of the development of the regions within the Northwestern Federal District (NWFD) during the early 21st century, considering the backdrop of population migration toward the St. Petersburg agglomeration and the resulting ...
Book-centric picture of the world in O. Tokarchuk’s novels “The Journey of the Book-People” and “The Books of Jacob”
The authors have conducted a comparative analysis of the novels by Olga Tokarczuk, "The Journey of the People of the Book" and "The Books of Jacob,", where the conceptual role is played by motifs of travel and books, and the theme of religious-mystical ...