Internet diffusion and interregional digital divide in Russia: trends, factors, and the influence of the pandemic
The demand for digital technologies has been growing due to a shift in the technological and economic paradigm. The need for online services has increased since the beginning of the COVID pandemic. There are significant disparities between Russian regions ...
The border as a barrier and an incentive for the structural economic transformation of the Kaliningrad exclave
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The way delimitation affects the restructuring of an economy can be clearly seen in the case of the Kaliningrad region. Here, ‘restructuring’ refers to industries becoming habituated to the changing competition environment, new facets of market demand, and government regulation [6], [7]. This is a response to both minor shifts and qualitative transformations facilitating the adaptation of an economy to new conditions. The scope and direction of structural shifts are usually assessed by analysing ...
Development of electric road transport: simulation modelling
... vehicles in a given region. The proposed model allows the authors to take into account the key systemic feedback loops between the pool of electric vehicles and the charging infrastructure. In the absence of data required for the econometric methods of demand forecasting, the proposed model can be used for the identification of policies stimulating the consumer demand for electric vehicles in regions and facilitating the development of the electric transport infrastructure. The proposed model has been ...
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 for resources among ...
Sanctions risks and regional development: Russian case
... import dependence in the production sector, particularly in the automotive industry, due to their active involvement in global supply chains. Sanctions against large legal entities created risks for the stability of regional economies but the increase in demand for domestic products offset this impact. Foreign enterprises exiting the market posed risks of disrupting production chains but also provided opportunities for local business development. Before some countries introduced sanctions, their companies ...
Who is Rationalising? On an Overlooked Problem for Kant’s Moral Psychology and Method of Ethics
... 209-241.
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Artificial Intelligence: a catalyst for entrepreneurship education in the Baltics
... shift the economy from a liberal to a socially-oriented model and strive for maximum employment, both the EU countries and Russia require a strong foundation of entrepreneurial activity, particularly among the youth. Science, along with the societal demand for its accomplishments and findings, plays a vital role in facilitating this transformation. Consequently, we will analyze how the issue of utilizing AI for enhancing entrepreneurial potential is reflected in the databases of Scopus and Web of ...
On connection between codependency and the ideas about abusive relationships in young women
... revealed, the peripheral zone of which includes associations of “dependence and fusion”; infantile representations about romantic relationships; controversial representations about marital relations. The higher the codependency, the stronger the demands on the partner to make decisions and take responsibility of the codependent woman, the more demands for a less critical attitude towards themselves and more demands from the partner to maintain unreasonably deep emotional relationships. Respondents ...
Confiscation Estonian style: legal and political aspects of potential seizure of Russian assets in EU countries
... of Union Restrictive Measures, which require member states to ensure the qualification of ‘frozen assets’ as proceeds of crime, seem disputable as they may substantially infringe upon the rights of natural persons under sanctions. This imperative demand from the Union for member states to act in line with the directive undermines the very foundations of the institute of confiscation, turning this criminal penalty measure into political leverage. Overall, the proposed scheme for seizing private ...
State support for attracting high skilled workers from Russian regions to the Kaliningrad region: enhancing effectiveness
... regions of Russia to the labor market in the Kaliningrad region (including teachers, medical professionals, and IT specialists), support measures have been implemented at both the federal and regional levels. However, the region continues to face a demand for skilled workers, with instances of professionals returning while difficulties in their adaptation are often noted. The article analyzes the current government support measures and their effectiveness for key professional groups in the Kaliningrad ...
The modern economy of Russia’s Baltic regions in the municipal context
... population. In particular, the decline of small businesses is noticeable in regions with high incomes and abundant employment opportunities at large organizations. This trend is also observed in economically challenged peripheral areas characterized by low demand for the products and services provided by small businesses.
Problem Statement
Traditionally, in Russia, the differences in the level and dynamics of the economic development of territories are considered for regions (constituent entities ...
Priorities for the development of manufacturing industries in the Kaliningrad region
... region’s two largest organisations leads one to agree with the opinion voiced by Prof Vardomsky that Avtotor, a major motor vehicle assembly company, is in a more precarious position than Sodruzhestvo, which relies on both international and domestic demand and is capable of creating global value chains [25, p. 41]. Most importantly, Sodruzhestvo procures raw materials from friendly nations, whilst Avtotor used to ship knockdown kits and parts from unfriendly states, which discontinued the deliveries....
Reputation and status in Denmark’s strategic culture
... use of armed force into the cosmopolitan discourse
Military activism in Denmark has been influenced by three key factors: the state of the international environment (including the nature of threats, opportunities for cooperation, and the international demand for the use of military force), political will (domestic political consensus), and the capabilities of the Danish armed forces. Central to Danish ‘activism’ is that it promotes the country’s interests and values only in situations where national ...
Gender and prosody: speech acts of demand
This study endeavors to determine and describe the connection between a person’s gender and prosody of demands in spoken German. Prosody is one of the major phenomena reflecting a speaker’s intentions and the key tool used by speakers to reach their communicative goals in a conversation. This is especially the case when phrases with negative meaning ...
The labour market of Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave amid Covid-19
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The assessment of labour demand of Russian economy in view of the prospective regional socio-economic development
... both the contemporary socioeconomic situation in the regions and their prospective opportunities for accelerated transition
to innovative development. The article offers a system of indices and a scheme of the assessment of Russian economy's labor demand. With the help of the methodology developed, the constituent entities of the Russian Federation are ranked on the basis of priority of engaging qualified migrants in the innovation economy development conditions.
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Gas infrastructure development in the countries of East Baltic as a way to increase energy security
... countries. The author concludes that the countries mostly dependent on Russian gas are Lithuania and Latvia. The announced LNG terminal projects are being reviewed in detail. Their necessity is estimated from the perspective of the current and future demand for natural gas, including the terms and conditions of contracts concluded with OAO Gazprom. Different scenarios and prospects for individual LNG terminal projects and associated pipeline infrastructure are evaluated. It is shown that the inability ...
The innovative process in the Baltic Sea region
In order to maintain its global competitiveness in the future, the Baltic Sea region (BSR) needs to preserve and improve its technological capability and innovativeness. This article focuses on innovations in the Baltic Sea region, particularly on external innovation drivers and innovation environments in the BSR and individual countries within the region. Firstly, some definitions of innovations, innovation drivers, and characteristics of a favourable innovation environment are presented. Secondly...
Evangelical Lutheran church of Denmark: socio-economic and territorial-organisational aspects
... Danmarks Statistik, URL:
https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/emner/miljoe-og-energi/areal/arealopgoerelser
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The high demand for church-organized events is confirmed by both the number of adherents and the degree to which religious behaviour is exhibited. Despite secular trends, voluntary membership and church tax, almost 4.3 million people (72.1 % of the country’s ...
A new role of cooperation under economic sanctions as seen by residents of the Kaliningrad region
... and reducing business costs. This article aims to assess the potential of consumer cooperation in the Kaliningrad region under anti-Russian sanctions. The authors analyse the features of cooperation development within the territory and investigate the demands and expectations of the local populace. The principal method employed in the study is a survey of residents of the Kaliningrad region (N = 481), with its results strongly indicating that conditions for a renaissance of cooperative economic models ...
Creative Potential of Artificial Intelligence in the Context of the Idea of the New Enlightenment
... 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 and the principle of balance as a response to the demands of technological development. These ideas underscore the need for a balanced approach to technical progress, taking into account global values and ethical principles. I explore the definitions of creativity and AI, formulate criteria for assessing ...
Vivos Voco. Post-war Correspondence between Sergey Hessen and Ivan Lapshin: Year 1946
... Czechoslovakia, where they not only published their works, but also taught young scholars. Hessen, being considerably younger than Lapshin, continued teaching and actively publishing after the war, including outside Poland. Lapshin in Czechoslovakia was less in demand, but continued preparing his works for publication. The reflections of the two authors shed light on the idea content of their later works, which is particularly valuable in reconstructing the conception of the texts which were not completed at ...
International political status of an observer state to the EAEU: problems and prospects of institutionalization
... conclusion is substantiated that among the hindering factors are the weakness of the national economy and domestic political instability, while among the promoting factors are the presence of political will from a consolidated ruling elite and social demand for the integration proposal. The author concludes that there are two fundamentally possible scenarios for the institutional development of the Union: a) deepening integration; b) expanding the integration space through the advancement of contractual ...
‘People in Black’: Semantization of the concepts ‘sectant’ and ‘baptist’ in the anti-religious campaign of 1958—1964
In the post-revolutionary era, the population's adoption of a new political vocabulary demanded the Soviet authorities to play the role of the interpretant. They engaged in the process of assigning meanings to new concepts through mass media and fiction. Simultaneously, established concepts had to undergo reshaping to align with the new ...
The adaptation of Russian regions’ economies to the rupture of relations with Europe: the case of Baltic Sea ports
... countries often introduced restrictions for Russian exporters and importers, inflated prices for the transportation of goods across their territory, created obstacles to the construction of transit transport infrastructure, and put forward various political demands. In particular, in 2013, Poland refused to approve the project for the construction of the Yamal — Western Europe-2 gas pipeline, demanding as an ultimatum that in the section leading to the Polish border, the pipe should not pass through the ...
From the editor
... neighbouring EU countries. Well before the special military operation, Russian authorities grappled with issues related to Russian cargo transit through Lithuania. Notably, the Ust-Luga — Baltiysk train ferry service, which has seen substantial demand since 2022, was inaugurated as early as 2006.
Another section of the issue is devoted exclusively to the Kaliningrad region. The article by V. A. Kolosov and A. B. Sebentsov looks at how the functions of borders affect the restructuring of the ...
Geography of the mobile internet in the border and interior regions of Russia
... and technological adoption, considering the impact of the border factor. The distinctive nature of border regions, marked by their frontier status and often peripheral positioning in relation to economic hubs, plays a significant role in a heightened demand for accelerated digital infrastructure deployment within these areas.
The introduction of digital technologies may have a positive impact not only on intraregional socio-economic processes but also on improving connectivity for border areas with ...
Economic development of Russia’s north-western regions and migration to the St. Petersburg agglomeration
... prevalent in both developing and developed nations. Urban agglomerations offer a notable advantage in terms of heightened innovation activity. These agglomerations foster new areas of activity that, in conjunction with conventional ones, stimulate a demand for enhanced skills and knowledge, thereby establishing a comparative advantage for cities [1]. The expansion of agglomerations is also linked to the rapid expansion of financial services, transportation, commerce, real estate transactions, construction,...
New integration practices of mathematics education into university digital educational environment for pre-service teacher training
... modules and disciplines in the mathematical and information cycles under the conditions of digitization of mathematical education are presented. These directions open up new possibilities in the preparation of future mathematics teachers who are in demand in the labor market. The authors attempted to analyze the potential of disciplines in the mathematical and information cycles in the context of interdisciplinary integration in the field of mathematical education. Three directions for modernizing ...
Societal security in the Baltic Sea Region: the Russian perspective
... percentage of the GDP (%); (e) governmental spending on health care, culture, education and research as a percentage of the GDP; (f) rates of annual modernization of weapons, as well as military and special equipment; (g) supply rates for the country’s demand for military and engineering personnel.<6>
Although these indicators were incomplete, the very idea of using them to monitor the national security system was innovative and relevant. The NSS-2009 anticipated the possibility of regular review ...
Expansionism in Poland’s strategic culture: historical retrospective and variations
... According to Kalevi Holsti’s calculations, in 1648—1713, states tended to abstain from religious justifications for their territorial claims, using them in only 14 % of cases as pretexts for war: instead, they either made unvarnished territorial demands (55 %) or cited commercial grievances (36 %) [25, р. 49]. The religious logic of strife provoked a series of conflicts between Poland on the one hand and Protestant Sweden, Orthodox Russia and Muslim Turkey on the other. As a result, Poland had ...
Efficiency analysis of seaports in Russia’s Baltic basin: performance evaluation
... analysis and evaluation of performance from a strategic management standpoint. While significant research has been dedicated to other strategically important aspects such as designing logistics systems, planning performance indicators, and forecasting demand and supply, the analysis of effectiveness is often treated as a secondary element of management, which, in our opinion, is a misconception. On the contrary, regular monitoring and evaluation of transport and logistics activities are essential [3]....
Population change and the settlement system transformation in Poland, as revealed by the 2021 census
... of one sex would have decreased faster than the other. These processes predominantly involve men, although in today’s post-industrial countries of “United Europe,” it is challenging to determine whether male or female occupations are in higher demand. The same applies to labour immigration to Poland, mostly from the East, mainly Ukraine, predominantly its Western part [6] (Table 2).
Elements of demographic changes in the EU countries in the Baltic macroregion, people per 1,000 inhabitants
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Comparative analysis of the territorial support frame of settlement in coastal areas: the case of St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad regions
As a scientific method, comparative studies respond to the needs of society. However, the logic of globalisation has reduced the demand for comparative analysis in international and national (regional) studies. Nevertheless, old, settled coastal areas — which European urban science considers as evidence of the decisive effect of coastal position on spatial development and urbanisation ...
Changes in the structure and geography of tourist flows during the COVID-19 pandemic
... and direction of international tourist flows began to appear.
Notable works have been published covering the situation in Romania [8], Moldova [9], Finland and Estonia [10], Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan [11]. One contribution [12] predicted a recovery in demand in 2021 for twenty tourist destinations around the world. Another noteworthy study was carried out by Polish authors who analysed the impact of the pandemic on inbound tourism across thirty European countries by computing the Perkal index using ...
A typology of the Baltic region states according to excellence in science and technology
... for scientific and technological development.
Finally, the study will be further complemented by expert surveys and an analysis of the Baltic region’s exports/imports traffic and patent activity. This approach will enable a characterization of the demand for the scientific and technological subsystem and the forecasting of its further development.
The study was carried out with the financial support of the IKBFU for research project № 122040500026-0.
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Reputation core of Russian authorities: the case of the regional level of executive power
... president of the country is to blame)”;
— the scope of responsibility, “Russian authorities’ are responsible for the whole country whereas ‘regional authorities’ deal with our local affairs”;
— regional authorities have to face higher demands regarding the current state of affairs, such as city improvement, road works, and ensuring the proper functioning of medical institutions. This translates to greater expectations, requirements, and responsibility for the regional authorities in ...
Cultural and leisure activities in the Kaliningrad region in the second half of 1940s—1980s
... centrally, are considered. Leisure time for the Kaliningrad residents in the 1940s is considered to have been primarily a way to arrange their personal life. In the 1950s and 1960s, as the general level of well-being of the population increased, there was a demand both for the diversity of the repertoire of artistic works and for the material arrangements of leisure facilities. The 1970s—1980s were a time when leisure time was clearly influenced by foreign culture, the most active interest in which was ...
Small towns of Latvia: disparities in regional and urban development
... construction, and agriculture (agricultural processing, biochemical production, agricultural machinery manufacturing). There were also branches of industrial enterprises headquartered in Latvia’s larger towns and cities. Their output did not only meet the demand in the internal market, but also was shipped to other Soviet republics and exported abroad. For example, glass from the factory in Līvāni was sent to Soviet republics; cheese and other dairy products from the town of Preiļi, to Leningrad and ...
The sea factor in the federal regulation of Russia’s spatial development: post-Soviet experience and current priorities
... innovation, which sweeps the country again and again, each time changing the spatial organisation of society and giving an impetus to certain segments of the coast. First of all, the sea factor stimulates the sectors of the national economy that are in demand ‘here and now’, as well as the related components of the settlement-spatial structure, including coastal elements. The category ‘spatial development’ is characterised by almost inevitably intrinsic duality: on the one hand, it points ...
Influence of ecological changes on hospitality industry technologies
... as well as the practices of eco-certification. The authors highlight some benefits, including economic ones, from the introduction of waste reduction and recycling programs in hotels. Green activities in the post-coronavirus period, due to growing demand for more environmentally friendly services, is seen as the one of primary importance. The article shares the analytical results of the Russian experience in hotel resource saving management. Waste disposal programs should be implemented in a comprehensive ...
Spatial organisation of the new forms of e-grocery and ready-made food trade in a large Russian city
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Classification of subjects of legal relations on the Internt
The demand for the Internet generates the need to study legal issues related to it. One of these issues is the classification of subjects interacting within the global network. The purpose of this scientific research is to identify the grounds for such a ...
Cultural discrepancy within Russian-speaking community in Israel
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Distant learning in the Institute of Medicine during the COVID-19 pandemic
... research has proved that the online teaching can be viewed as an alternative multifunctional pedagogical instrument to educate students of the Institute of Medicine. Mind maps and “Annotation-interview” were effectively designed for new educational demands and were approved of by the students. But it should be taken into consideration that the effectiveness of the training is technically dependent and implies that all the lecturers and the students have to be supplied with personal computers with ...
Psychological health of senile men and women during the COVID-19 pandemic
... the psychological health of the elderly. Psychological work must be targeted at depressive manifestations, situational anxiety, general neuropsychic tension, level of life satisfaction, general emotional background. The developed program will be in demand for reducing negative manifestations in the mental state of the elderly in the conditions of active modern social transformations, since mental reactions to dangerous situations are largely similar and universal.
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The marine component of human geography studies in Post-Soviet Russia: key trends and development priorities
... of the marine economy and close attention given to coastal border areas (particularly the prospects and risks of their socio-economic development within the continent-ocean dichotomy). The marine focus of Russia’s geostrategy will generate steady demand for national human geography of the world ocean, including its inevitable humanities component. Another trend is the involvement of human social geography in cross-branch geographical synthesis. The study also identifies Russian research and publication ...
Categorical Moral Requirements
This paper defends the doctrine that moral requirements are categorical in nature. My point of departure is John McDowell’s 1978 essay, “Are Moral Requirements Hypothetical Imperatives?”, in which McDowell argues, against Philippa Foot, that moral reasons are not conditional upon agents’ desires and are, in a certain sense, inescapable. After expounding McDowell’s view, exploring his idea that moral requirements “silence” other considerations and discussing its particularist ethos,...
Migration from Post-Soviet countries to Poland and the Baltic States: trends and features
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The spatial structure of Baltic Sea ferry services
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