The sea factor in the federal regulation of Russia’s spatial development: post-Soviet experience and current priorities
... have been plainly visible in the 1990s—early 2000s: the growing marine economy and increasing coastalisation (the gravitation of the economy, infrastructure and people towards the sea).
The 2025 Strategy for the Spatial Development of the Russian Federation<2>, adopted in 2019, disclosed the major trends and problems of the then Russia, albeit with a certain degree of generalisation and political bias often present in such documents [11], and emphasised the country’s spatial goals, objectives ...
The Kaliningrad region in Polish scientific research
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Reputation core of Russian authorities: the case of the regional level of executive power
... of Russian authorities of different levels and branches using the example of regional executive bodies. The author determines the structure and features of the reputation core of the conceptual category ‘Russia’s authorities’ understood both as federal and municipal authorities of the Russian 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 ...
The modern economy of Russia’s Baltic regions in the municipal context
... 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, income levels of the population, and business activities. It is shown that over the ten years from 2012 to 2021, municipalities ...
Economic development of Russia’s north-western regions and migration to the St. Petersburg agglomeration
This article aims to analyse the development of Russia’s North-Western Federal District (NWFD) regions between 1998 and 2021, based on data from Rosstat. It focuses on how the territories responded to migration to the St. Petersburg agglomeration in the early 21st century and compares their progress with the cores of the ...
Geography and economy of the Kaliningrad region: limitations and prospects of development
... economic and political space, remain unclear. Media analysts and scholars alike tend to view the Kaliningrad region as “double periphery”, since it is excluded from major modernisation processes both in the European integration zone and in the Russian Federation. However, a detailed study involving polyscale socioeconomic indices, expert interviews, and surveys run contrary to this viewpoint. A look at the key indices of the Kaliningrad region and the neighbouring communities of Poland and Lithuania ...
Social and Economic Space Compression in Border Areas: the Case of the Northwestern Federal District
... identify the patterns of communicative and physical space com-pression using comparative mapping, statistical and historical research methods, and a model showing the spatial differentiation of regional socioeconomic charac-teristics in the Northwestern Federal District. The study focuses on border areas, where the following key manifestations of compression have been identified: trans-port connectivity, level of agriculture development, and depopulation. All these indicators of space compression process ...
The Accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO: Geopolitical implications for Russia’s position in the Baltic Sea region
... sent them official invitations to join NATO.
The situation emerging as a result of this development inevitably affects Russia’s position both in the Baltic region and in Europe as a whole. The geopolitical and military imbalance between the Russian Federation and the collective West is becoming even more obvious. NATO’s eastern flank is acquiring a logically complete shaping, which, in the context of a sharp aggravation of the Russian-Western confrontation, seriously disadvantages Russia.
Yet,...
The border as a barrier and an incentive for the structural economic transformation of the Kaliningrad exclave
... trade with mainland Russia, geopolitical changes have naturally had an exceptionally 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,...
The Swedish institute’s scholarship policy as a soft power instrument
... policy and soft power of the donor country. Following the Ukrainian crisis and subsequent tensions between Russia and Western nations, critical narratives began to emerge regarding Nordic foundations and their activities in Russia’s North-Western Federal District. For example, Norwegian programmes were found to be closely intertwined with the soft power strategies of the country, and the organizations hosting these programmes experienced a significant surge in allegations of political and ideological ...
Changes in the structure and geography of tourist flows during the COVID-19 pandemic
... drop in inbound tourism during the Covid-19 pandemic. Yet, domestic tourism burgeoned in most of the region’s countries. In 2021, the most dramatic increase in domestic arrivals occurred, year on year, in the border regions of Russia’s Northwest Federal District; the growth was also notable in Finland and the Baltic States. Domestic tourist flow compensated, partially or even fully, for the decrease in inbound tourist flow in most regions. The structure of inbound tourism changed markedly during ...
The marine component of human geography studies in Post-Soviet Russia: key trends and development priorities
... Sotsial’no-ekonomicheskoe razvitie primorskikh territorii Evropeiskoi chasti Rossii: faktory, trendy, modeli [Socio-economic development of the coastal territories of the European part of Russia: factors, trends, models], Rostov-on-Don, Publishing House of the Southern Federal University, 236 p. (in Russ.).
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A functional description of the model for the protection of the environmental interests of the Russian Federation in the Baltic Sea region
... development and those of environmental security of the countries that have shorelines along the Baltic Sea. Thus, it is necessary to give a functional description of the regional model for the legal protection of the environmental interests of the Russian Federation in the Baltic region. To this end, we identify the juridical content of the environmental interests of the Russian Federation. We consider the possibilities of the legal protection of the environmental interests in the national and international ...
Minimising Investment Risks Through Optimising Public-Private Partnership: The Case of the Kaliningrad Region
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4. On the Special Economic Zone in the Kaliningrad Region and on Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation: ...
Geosituational Modelling of Coastal Marine Systems
... Russ.)
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3. Dedkov, V. P., Fedorov, G. M. 2006, Prostranstvennoe, territorial'noe i landshaftnoe planirovanie v Kaliningradskoj oblasti [Spatial, territorial and landscape planning in the Kaliningrad region], ...
Local border traffic as an efficient tool for developing cross-border cooperation
... agreements on a simplified border crossing regime in border areas. This article analyses local border traffic as a cross-border cooperation tool. The territory described in the study includes the external borders of the EU (and Norway) with the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus. The article will be of interest to specialists in international and, particularly, in cross-border cooperation. The authors analyse the mechanism of local border traffic and identify possible trends based on the ...
Human Resource Efficiency as a Development Factor for the Kaliningrad Economy
... cifrah [Kaliningrad Region in Figures]: 2013, 2014, Kaliningrad, 53 p.
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Opportunities for studying cultural landscapes in the Kaliningrad region
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International positioning of the region: the image of the Kaliningrad region in the media space of the Baltic states
... [Bulletin of Moscow University. Episode 21: Governance (state and society)], № 1, p. 29—38 (in Russ.).
4. Tarasov, I. N. 2020, Exclavity as a challenge and resource for the international positioning of the Kaliningrad region, Vestnik Baltiiskogo federal’nogo universiteta im. I. Kanta. Seriya: Guma-nitarnye i obshchestvennye nauki [Bulletin of the Baltic Federal University. I. Kant. Series: Humanities and social sciences], № 2, p. 77—85 (in Russ.).
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Interorganisational networking as the principal form of technological, innovative and research cooperation between Russia and the European Union in the Baltic region
... network approach in general.
1. Strategija innovacionnogo razvitija Rossijskoj Federacii na period do 2020 goda: Rasporjazhenie Pravitel'stva Rossijskoj Federacii ot 8 dekabrja 2011 g. № 2227-r [The strategy of innovative development of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2020: Government of the Russian Federation from December 8, 2011 № 2227-r], 2011.
2. Gosudarstvennaja programma Rossijskoj Federacii «Razvitie nauki i tehnologij » na 2013-2020 gody: Rasporjazhenie Pravitel'stva Rossijskoj ...
Territorial differences in the innovative development of Sweden, Finland, and the North-western federal district of the Russian Federation
This article considers the innovative component of the economies of Sweden, Finland, and the Noreth-western federal district (NWFD) of the Russian Federation. The authors present the results of a comparative analysis of research and technological potential of the regions and their administrativeterritorial units in terms of innovative activity development. ...
The geopolitical effect of the maritime factor on the spatial development of post-Soviet Russia: the Baltic case
... post-Soviet Russia<1> occurred against the background of the conflicting combination of economically motivated geopolitical conformism at the global level, the attempts to strengthen the national maritime jurisdiction specified in the World Ocean federal target programme of 1998,<2> and the retention and restoration of the sphere of Eurasian influence. Geopolitical conformism manifested itself in recognising the leadership of an exogenous dominating centre of power and the aspiration to ...
Institution of criminal proceedings for economic offences
... their investigation. This study relied on the methods of comparative studies, analysis and synthesis. Using the method of comparative studies, the norms of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation and the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation on the initiation of criminal cases in the economic sphere were compared. A graphic comparison was drawn between the content of part 3 of article 20 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation and Chapter 23 of the Criminal Code ...
A typology of the Baltic region states according to excellence in science and technology
... main characteristics. Several subtypes are described as well. The research draws on 2010—2019 (2020) statistical data from the European Statistical Office (Eurostat), the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and Russia’s Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat).
Introduction
The research and technological component is an integral part of the global production systems (GPS) and its scientific and technological subsystem (STS). This subsystem comprises a complex ...
The image of Kaliningrad in the perception of university students
... modern post-industrial reality is an essential element in the world picture of any individual. The research aims to study the peculiarities of perception and verbal representation of the image of Kaliningrad by the students of the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University. The objectives of the research determined the choice of a comprehensive methodology, which included the method of unfinished sentences, as well as the methods of interpretation and modelling. As a result of this research, four ...
Heritage aspect of personal insurance
... reforming domestic civil legislation, and in particular, the rules of insurance. A number of proposals for changing the current legal regulation, formulated in the Concept for the Development of the Provisions of Part Two of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation on Insurance Contracts, naturally need a thorough doctrinal assessment. Such proposals also include the hereditary aspect of personal insurance highlighted in the Concept (paragraph 1, clause 2, article 934 of the Civil Code of the Russian ...
The changing role of border regions in the regional policies of the EU and Russia
... regard to border regions (its completeness, a focus on actual problems, etc.) and to compare it with that of European counterparts. The article relies on publications on the experience of EU countries, earlier contributions from Russian researchers, federal regulations, and statistics on the regional distribution of federal investment in fixed assets. It is shown that the federal border region policy is largely a reflection of the features and problems of Russia’s regional policy as a whole. Currently,...
An Attempt to the economic and geographical analysis of the differentiation of the Russian Federation subjects on of the level and dynamics of the retail trade development
The level and dynamics of development of retail trade in the context of the subjects of the Russian Federation are highly differentiated. Differentiation is influenced both by the income level of the population and by other factors, since there is no functional dependence between per capita income and the volume of per capita retail trade. Even weaker ...
The Welfare State (Social State) in the Russian Federation as a Constitutional Principle and its Practical Implementation
The authors are investigating the content and practical implementation of the constitutional principle of the social (welfare) state in the Russian Federation, especially the relevant state measures supporting families, birth rate and migration. Legal research in this paper is also focused on the selected state projects realized in the contemporary Russia: state program of the maternity (family) ...
Human rights in EU-Russia relations: a human rights mechanism
This article considers the human rights issues in relations between the Russian Federation and the European Union in the context of formal agreements and real policy from 1994 to the beginning of 2013. The EU regards human rights as fundamental values, which serve as the basis for its foreign relations. Russia tends to consider this ...
Matrix Representation of the Kaliningrad Regional Accounts System: Experimental Development and Modelling Prospects
... structure of the economic system], Prostranstvennaja jekonomika [Spatial Economics], no. 1, p. 69—89.
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Spatial planning in the European Union and the Russian Federation
This article analyzes the principles of spatial planning, which form the basis for this type of urban development in the countries of the European Union (EU) and in the Russian Federation. The following principles are considered and compared for both territories: 1) promotion of territorial cohesion through a more balanced social and economic development of regions and improved competitiveness; 2) encouragement of development ...
Organisation of scientific research in Germany
This article considers the structure of research system in Germany. It describes the federal and state levels of research management. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) bears primary responsibility for science and technology policy at the federal level. At the state level, this responsible is shared by the Ministry ...
Innovative factors and conditions of sustainable development of rural territories
... technological cooperation in the Baltic region is emphasised as a priority area.
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The assessment of research and technical potential in the framework of the innovative model of development of regional economy
... development of the Kaliningrad region], 2008, Kaliningrad, 146 p.
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oblasti, 40 p.
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Policy Brief],...
Knowledge and innovation dynamics of the Northwest Russia under geopolitical changes
... importance of innovation for economic recovery post-recession. Regions with 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 ...
The adaptation of Russian regions’ economies to the rupture of relations with Europe: the case of Baltic Sea ports
... (Fig.).
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Dynamics of growth in cargo turnover of Russian ports in the Baltic, million tons/year
Source: compiled by the authors based on data: Transport of Russia, Information and Statistical Bulletin 2022, 2023, Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation, URL:
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International heritage in the memorial landscape of the Kaliningrad region
... Rėza, Carl Burdach and Christian Jakob Kraus — was unveiled on the site of the Old Altstadt Cemetery in Kaliningrad in 2007. Its installation was initiated by the administration of the Immanuel Kant Russian State University (now Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University) and the Consulate General of the Republic of Lithuania. The project was funded by a private benefactor, the poet and entrepreneur Boris Bartfeld.
The university past of the city is also commemorated by the monument to professors of ...
Comparative analysis of the territorial support frame of settlement in coastal areas: the case of St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad regions
... Ivan Gumenyuk, Veronika Yustratova [48] and Anna Belova have looked at the features of settlement in the Kaliningrad region [49].
Materials and methods
This study uses statistics from Petrostat, the St. Petersburg and Leningrad regional branch of the Federal State Statistics Service (FSSS), and Kaliningradstat, the Kaliningrad regional branch of the agency.<1> Particularly, it looks at data on the total population from 2005 to 2022 as of January 2 of the corresponding years, the number of settlements ...
The spread of the COVID-19 infection in Russia’s Baltic macro-region: internal differences
... of COVID-19 response legislation was introduced in the Murmansk region, whose unique spatial features produced a specific COVID-19 situation. The region’s closed towns were mentioned in 155 municipal and regional regulations adopting regional and federal measures to the peculiarities of the local economy, lifestyle of the communities residing in the region, and the Arctic climate, geography and transport arrangements. Municipalities of the Leningrad region were most prolific in terms of Covid ...
Feodosia as a city and a visual text (Aivazovsky Project)
... 184—190 (in Russ.).
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Petrenko, ...