Geography of the mobile internet in the border and interior regions of Russia
... of mobile internet coverage in Russian regions in 2023 underscores the persistent spatial disparities in digital infrastructure development. The frontrunner in mobile internet accessibility is a highly urbanized and economically advanced metropolitan conglomeration that encompasses Moscow and the Moscow region. This area enjoys comprehensive 4G coverage provided by all the telecom operators analysed. The average speed of 4G is three times higher than that of 3G, with a more substantial difference ...
The Visegrad Group and the Baltic Assembly: coalitions within the EU as seen through Russian foreign policy
... considered the Visegrad Four as important as the European Union.
The status of the Baltic Assembly. In the international information space, both in its domestic part and in other segments, it is customary to consider the Baltic countries as an integral conglomerate. This approach gives rise to the feeling that Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia are allegedly united by numerous coordination mechanisms that allow them to react to any event quickly and smoothly and have a unified front on any matter. In this regard,...
The remaking of geopolitical space and institutional transformations: the case of the Baltic Region
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Platform Markets: Their Place in the Theory of Mesoeconomic System: Development and a Challenge to Spatial Studies
... successful platforms. Similarly to economic zones and clusters, platform markets are two-factor mesoeconomic systems. In this article, I consider the differences between two-factor systems and traditional one-factor groupings (agglomerations, industries, and conglomerates). I present a general theoretical framework for studying two-factor mesoeconomic systems, which is employed in a comparative analysis. A specific feature of platforms is the contribution of digital technology to the formalisation of relevant ...