Adapting regional strategies to the new non-resource export development target
In the radically new economic conditions of 2020, the Government of the Russian Federation selected supporting non-resource and non-energy exports as one of the four factors of sustainable economic growth. Achieving this target is a challenge, but the absence of sufficient conditions for a systemic diversification of Russian exports also poses a substantial problem. This situation lends ...
The adaptation of Russian regions’ economies to the rupture of relations with Europe: the case of Baltic Sea ports
... Russia’s post-Soviet foreign economic policy
. During the 25—30 years preceding the current geopolitical crisis, the European direction was the main priority of Russian foreign economic and foreign trade policy [1], [2].
The majority of Russian exports went to European countries. In the period from 2011 to 2014, the share of 37 European countries in the total Russian commodity exports was 53—55 %. After the launch of the first wave of anti-Russian sanctions, this share decreased, but not very ...
Three Russian Baltic regions in the context of confrontation between Russia and the West
... serving as a defensive measure against the excessive influence of Russia and Germany, is intended to address important economic challenges [17].
Many researchers acknowledge that the roots of the conflict in the CEE region lie in the American policy of exporting democracy and the ‘open door’ policy of NATO, combined with the strengthening of its eastern flank in military terms. Russia perceived this policy of the West as a manifestation of the U.S. and Western expansion at the expense of its legitimate ...
Electric energy cooperation in the Baltic Sea region and the role of Russia in it
... (Lithuania) in solving energy problems of the Baltic States. The author analyses Russia’s role in the electric energy market and focuses on a possible increase of the country’s energy market share following the construction of the Baltic NPP and the export of generated electric energy to Poland, Lithuania, Germany, and Sweden. The author concludes that the prospects of Russia’s energy export to the Baltic Sea region will be determined not only by technological, economic and market factors, but ...
The border as a barrier and an incentive for the structural economic transformation of the Kaliningrad exclave
... barriers, including the implementation of border and customs controls, and the imposition of trade tariffs. As a result, cross-border movement of goods became slower and more costly [22], [23]. At the time, up to 70 % of the region’s output was exported to other parts of the country, whilst many local industries received raw materials and components from mainland Russia and third countries [20].
These events further exacerbated the effects of chaotic privatization and the disorganization of ...
Analysing the dynamics of the Baltic States’s production linkages with Russia
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The export control system automatization
The paper considers one of the options for automation of the export control system taking into account the norms of modern Russian legislation. It is concluded that the best option for such an information system is a web application. The model of classes of export control system by means of UML notation was ...
Foreign trade activity of the subjects of the Russian Federation: prospects for maintaining the geographical structure of supplies
... maintaining the existing supply geography becomes expedient. The article divides the subjects into four groups, taking into account the “new” criterion which determines the level of contribution of “unfriendly” countries to the total volume of exports and imports of Russian regions. The first group included the regions whose volume of interaction with “unfriendly” countries is more than 50 % of the total volume of their imports and exports. The second one brings together the entities whose ...
The economy of Russian Baltic regions: development level and dynamics, structure and international trade partners
... city of St. Petersburg, the Leningrad and Kaliningrad regions. Their development is closely connected with the blue economy: maritime transport, fishing and fish processing, coastal tourism and recreation, shipbuilding and other regional industries exporting goods by sea or using seaborne raw materials and semi-finished products. The three study regions performed these functions in the Soviet period as well.
Although the fishing industry lost some of its importance after the collapse of the Soviet ...
Cross-Border Tourist Routes: The Potential of Russia’s North- West
... New Trans-border Water Routes in the South-East Baltic: Methodology and Practice, Balt. Reg., Vol. 6, no. 3, p. 121—136. doi: 10.5922/2079-8555-2014-3-11.
23. Kropinova, E. 2013, More documents from Kropinova, Elena More documents from Baltic Region Export to your Reference Manger Please Copy & Paste Bibtex-Export Endnote-Export Display Statistics Weiterempfehlen Bookmark and Share Cooperation between Russia and the EU in the field of innovative development of tourism: the case of the Lithuania — ...
Commodity flow model for an exclave region: Rent-seeking in the ‘transitional period’ of the special economic zone
... of the exclave’s economy in the transitional period of the special economic zone (SEZ) functioning. The key method of analysis is the comparison of data on the generation of gross regional product and regional foreign economic activities (including export and import of goods and moving goods from/into the Kaliningrad region to other Russian regions). It results in a conceptual CFMER, which is assessed as of 2011. The availability of additional — as compared to a regular region — data on commodity ...
Competition and cooperation problems in the energy sector of the Baltic region
This article considers the problems of competition and cooperation in the field of energy in the Baltic region, first of all, those related to the export of Russian oil and oil products, the Nord Stream gas pipeline, and the construction of nuclear plants in Poland, the Kaliningrad region, Lithuania, and Belarus. The author shows that, though Russia and the EU occasionally pursue opposite goals,...
Geography of the mobile internet in the border and interior regions of Russia
... network of the reporting operator when accessing the internet, petabytes
Information flow
Rosstat,<13> as of the end of 2021
Share of the region in national imports, %
Goods and capital flow
Rosstat,<14> 2021
Share of the region in national exports, %
Share of the region in the total number of international migrants aged 15 years and older residing in the country, %
Migration flow
Rosstat, data from a sample household survey on the use of migrant labour,<15> 2019.
The selection of ...
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 and objectives of the seaports, considering their significance in transport and logistics systems. The primary objective of this work is to develop a system approach for conducting multi-criteria studies on seaport performance...
Vladivostok commercial seaport in the first half of the 1920s: export competition and interdepartmental contradictions
... harbor» in the port, which became the logical result of generalization and application of the colossal pre-revolutionary experience in the functioning of «free economic zones».
Gudkov I.A.
Far East, transport system, Vladivostok port, transit export, free harbor, transit harbor
63-76
10.5922/sikbfu-2023-1-6
Geographical structure and dynamics of foreign trade relations of the Republic of Crimea with the border countries and economic security issues
... «Greater Eurasia» are found to have an impact on the foreign trade of the Republic of Crimea. Special attention is given to the Republic's position in the foreign trade relations in the Greater Black Sea region. The article describes the specifics of exports and imports commodity structure with core partner countries. It is revealed that large-scale changes in the foreign trade of the Republic of Crimea were influenced by external restrictions (sanctions and blockades) and the process of reorientation ...
Introducing Sectoral Models into Regional Management: An Assessment of Regulatory Impacts on the Economy
... Samara, 314 p. (In Russ.)
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The impact of Russia’s counter-sanctions on Lithuania’s foreign economic activities
... the structure of foreign economic activities and examine the main trends, features and problems of trade. The authors analyse transformations in bilateral trade — the role of Russian in Lithuanian foreign trade and the volume of Russian-Lithuanian exports and imports of goods and services.
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The Policy of Regional Convergence in Russia-Belarus integration: Prospects for Development
... them. The article examines the principles that determine the participation of a country in international integration as well as prospects for the further development of the regional economic and political mechanisms, which are being formed
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Trade Liberalisation and its Impact on Regional Development: Theoretical and Experimental Studies
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The Baltic economic model: some results of the 1990—2015 transformations
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Priorities for the development of manufacturing industries in the Kaliningrad region
... 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. This article aims to assess the impact of these restrictions on the development of manufacturing industries in the region....
Knowledge and innovation dynamics of the Northwest Russia under geopolitical changes
... higher innovation potential demonstrated greater resilience in withstanding the crisis [3].
In 2022, Russia faced increased sanctions from unfriendly countries (see Russian Federation Government Directive № 430-r of 5 March 2022). They prohibited the export of a wide range of goods and technologies to Russia, suspended software sales and maintenance and technical support services, and restricted access to various online resources and digital systems. The ‘cancel culture’ targeting Russia has diminished ...
The geopolitical effect of the maritime factor on the spatial development of post-Soviet Russia: the Baltic case
... 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 in Ukraine. Now, these are not only ...
Spatial differentiation of rural territories in the Kaliningrad region: implications for socio-economic policies
... sector in the exclave of Kaliningrad. This includes stimulating import substitution, which is vital for achieving food security. It is also essential to take into account not only imports being rendered more difficult but also the need for securing exports of vegetable oils, soybean meal, 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 ...
Modern trends in paradiplomacy: a case of Russian-Finnish regional cooperation
... Imatra-Svetogorsk twin cities illustrates three layers of paradiplomacy (Lecours [8]):
Layer 1 represents economic issues. Sub-state entities focus on “attracting foreign investment, luring international companies to the region, and targeting new markets for exports” [8, p. 2]. Shopping tourism from the Russian side to Imatra and the Finnish side’s readiness to invest in a railway hub in Svetogorsk exemplify the first layer of paradiplomacy.<6>
Layer 2 involves multidimensional cooperation (cultural,...
The Swedish institute’s scholarship policy as a soft power instrument
... p. 156—159], [7, p. 90—99], [7, p. 54—57], [9, p. 18—28, [10, p. 127—136], [11, p. 289—308], [12, p. 97—103].
Russian researchers, such as Anatoly Torkunov, have concentrated on factors influencing competitiveness in BRICS educational exports [13, p. 85—93]. Anatoly Smirnov and Irina Kokhtiulina have analysed soft power as a global security determinant [14]. Yuri Sayamov has studied it as a catalyst for sustainable development [15, p. 17—29]. Natalya Antonova, Anastasia Sushchenko,...
Reputation and status in Denmark’s strategic culture
... strategy for 2022 mentions cooperation with several American states on eco-friendly water supply technologies and agriculture, stressing collaborations with northeastern states in the field of wind energy. The strategy underscores Denmark’s extensive export opportunities in the US market and the need to take an active part in the green transition in the US, which is depicted as a ‘goldmine’ for Danish companies. Interestingly, expert and research articles typically focus on the political advantages ...
Societal security in the Baltic Sea Region: the Russian perspective
... economic security, such as a substantial drop of production and investments; destruction of the R&D capacity; disarray in the financial and monetary systems; shrinkage of the federal revenues; growing national debt; Russia’s overdependence on the export of raw materials and import of equipment, consumer goods and foodstuff; brain drain, and uncontrolled flight of capital.
The document also pointed to internal social, political, ethnic and cultural tensions that threatened to undermine both the ...
The spread of the COVID-19 infection in Russia’s Baltic macro-region: internal differences
... Baburin conclude that, at early stages, i. e. during the first two waves, the pandemic spread across Russia according to the diffusion of innovations principle [1], [2]. Natalya Zubarevich and Sergey Safronov link specialisation in car production and exporting industries (oil extraction, diamond mining, non-ferrous metallurgy) to maximum economic damage suffered by Russian regions [3]. Similar results have been reported for the Kaliningrad region by Larisa Yemelyanova and Anna Lyalina [4]. At the ...
A typology of the Baltic region states according to excellence in science and technology
... the very least, not insignificant [4]. In fact, the state is primarily responsible for promoting scientific and technological progress in Russia, as it is considered to be lagging behind leading countries due to an economy that is heavily reliant on exporting raw materials [1; 2; 5]. A number of papers substantiate the need for collaboration for the sake of scientific and technological development at the level of national industry and science [1], as well as at the level of the CIS member states ...
Small towns of Latvia: disparities in regional and urban development
... 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 Moscow. Latvia’s regional towns progressively developed in industrial and intellectual ...
The sea factor in the federal regulation of Russia’s spatial development: post-Soviet experience and current priorities
... mentions only border regions, but not coastal regions.
Stages of the co-evolution of maritime and regional policies in post-Soviet Russia
Maritime policy
Period
Regional policy
Import substitution in the port and logistics infrastructure handling export and import flows; localisation of positive socio-economic effects in selected coastal cities (the 1993—2000 Russia’s Merchant Navy Revival programme, 1992)
1992—1997
Attempts (mostly unsuccessful) to devise a regional policy drawing on ...
New opportunities for the Russian Baltic exclave in the context of changes in the country’s geopolitical situation
... Kaliningrad region. Its unique geographical position and caring attitude to the historical heritage make it a likely outpost of Russia’s soft power. Developing the region as a laboratory of the future, which builds models for the domestic market and exports, will allow the country to benefit from scale, taking advantage of its larger and smaller territories. Higher education may play a leading part in the process. In particular, as conservatism revives, it is time to take another look at the ideas ...
Cross-border digitalization of the western border of Russia: potential and prospects
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Migration from Post-Soviet countries to Poland and the Baltic States: trends and features
... further economic growth was hampered by the outflow of skilled workforce and resulting labour shortages. In response, the governments of the Baltics and Poland drew up programmes to attract international labour. Soon these countries transformed from exporters of labour into importers. Unlike Western European countries, Poland and, to a lesser extent, the Baltic States are trying to attract migrants from neighbouring nations with similar cultural and linguistic backgrounds. In the long run, this strategy ...
Ports of Eastern Baltic and Russian transit policy: competition and cooperation
... drastically reshaped the framework for transport cooperation in the region. Competition and cooperation strategies are often equally viable for the ports in the Eastern Baltic Sea. Yet volatility in global markets, the unstable positions of leading exporters and importers, and changes in the economic and political environment call for new strategies and forms of interaction. This study aims to understand to what extent port authorities in the Eastern Baltic can combine competition and cooperation ...
The spatial structure of Baltic Sea ferry services
... spatial structure and traffic of ferry services in other regions. Baltic ferries account for over half of all European ferry-borne car and passenger traffic. The Baltic stands out as a region with exceptionally long ferry routes which sustain timber exports. The main cargo shipping country in the region is Sweden.
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Global value chains in the age of uncertainty: advantages, vulnerabilities, and ways for enhancing resilience
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Transformation of global value chains in Russia and the Baltics amid Covid-19: prospects for regionalization and implications for economic policy
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When and why regional clusters become basic building blocks of modern economy
... and as a special class of economic projects (cluster initiatives). We examine the properties of clusters corresponding to each class and demonstrate their role in the geographical and functional fragmentation of production, in the integration of local exporters into global value chains, and in bridging communication gaps and developing collaboration among economic agents. We show that clusters occupy a central place among various types of business networks and have a comparative edge making them key ...
Some Aspects of Economic Security of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region under Conditions of Geo-Economic Uncertaint
... uncertainty is considered through the performance of the regions’ key enterprises and emerging technology companies. I analyse the revenue profiles of the regions’ leading industrial enterprises in 2014—2015 and emphasise the role of key industrial exporters. This article is a preliminary study without any claim to completeness. Further research will seek to present the findings obtained in more detail.
Lachininskiy S. S.
10.5922/2079-8555-2018-3-8
136-149
economic security, geo-economic ...
The External Economic Factor in the Development of Northwestern Regions: Institutional Support and an Impact Assessment
This research is warranted, since the Northwestern Federal District accounts for a significant proportion of Russia’s exports. The study aims to reveal the connection between the federal district’s external and internal economic development and to identify the extent to which institutional support for international economic cooperation facilitates brisk international ...
The project "Greater Eurasia" among the factors of development of the exclave of the Kaliningrad region
... a wide body of literature on the problem. It is shown that the exclave position of the Kaliningrad region makes it difficult to justify a long-term strategy of its socio-economic development. Most of the previously developed strategies were based on export and / or import-substitution, proceeding from the advantageous geographical position in the coastal zone and the region’s proximity to economically developed countries and Russian regions. Deterioration of political relations and the weakening ...
On determining the import-replacement share for mechanical engineering in the Kaliningrad region
The region's mechanical engineering contributes most to the rapid and efficient transition from the previous to the subsequent technological level and it was chosen as the object of the current research. The authors identify technological safety within more general scope of national security typology. The article reflects on the empirical data on the scale of mechanical engineering development in industrialized countries. The analysis of import flows of the North-Western subjects of the RF revealed...
From the History of the Kokand branch of the Volga-Kama Commercial Bank
... historiography to examine the bank’s credit and debit operations, to analyse its profits and spending, and to study its staff. The Volga-Kama Bank had a strong branch network in Central Asia. The bank strived to take control over cotton and fruit exports. However, it failed and did not become a monopolist on the Turkestani market. For banks, the ‘modernization’ of the Central Asian economy meant financing the production of export crops and acting as an intermediary between the metropolis and ...
Localization of large business in coastal zones as a factor of transboundary clustering (on the example of the European part of Russia)
The factors and features of localization of large business interests in 14 European coastal regions of Russia are analyzed. It is shown that the interest of large business in the coastal zones is commonly associated with the concentration of large oil and gas fields (on the shelf and in the coastal zone), with the logistics tasks (export-import operations), and (to a lesser extent, mainly Black Sea coast) with the implementation of certain recreational projects. Localization of large business (its...
Billionaires and Millionaires of the Baltic Sea Region: A Comparative Analysis of National Business Elites
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Country Competitiveness: an Empirical Study
... analysed in this current research, using IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook data for 55 countries in the estimation sample. This unique research applies a Multinomial Logistic procedure, and a Heckman Two-Step procedure in its accountancy for market size, exports, openness, and foreign direct investment. The business environment factors for estimation are highlighted. Also, several macro-economic modifications of the basic model specification are tested, providing further empirical analysis. Results indicate ...