The impact of the food embargo on consumer preferences and cross-border practices in the Kaliningrad region
The Russian food market has been a fascinating subject for researchers investigating food security risks and ways to mitigate them since the embargo was imposed in 2014. The Kaliningrad region, an exclave of Russia, responded more sensitively to the restrictions ...
Countries of the Baltic Region in the Global Culinary Space
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Spatial organisation of the new forms of e-grocery and ready-made food trade in a large Russian city
This work aims to identify fundamentally new features in the spatial organization of e-grocery and ready-made food trade in a Russian city, distinct from those typical of traditional food retail enterprises. Focusing on St Petersburg, the article describes the emergence of a completely different system of requirements imposed by new forms of online food retail ...
The border as a barrier and an incentive for the structural economic transformation of the Kaliningrad exclave
... across Russia (see Fig. 1). By 1995, industrial production had fallen to 40 % of the 1989 level (compared to the national average of 51 %). As for the sectoral structure, there was a noticeable reduction in the proportion of machine engineering, the food industry and the textiles, clothing, leather and footwear sectors. The increase in the share of the fuel industry and energy in the same year to 13.9 %, compared to 1.3 % in 1989, was a mere symptom of the crisis. Both sectors were in deep recession: ...
The features of heavy metal accumulation in forest mushrooms in the Kaliningrad region
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Priorities for the development of manufacturing industries in the Kaliningrad region
... The changed circumstances prompted Russian experts to turn their attention to the economic security of the Russian Baltic exclave, whilst the state saddled itself with ensuring the region’s self-sufficiency as regards natural gas, electricity, and food products [12].
After the EU imposed sanctions against Russia in 2014, Russian—(Western) European trade dwindled. This reduction occurred mostly in terms of physical volumes. In terms of value, as the RIA Novosti agency reports with a reference ...
The accumulation of heavy metals by wild mushrooms in the Kaliningrad region
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Dependence on imported food as a threat to the food security of the Kaliningrad region
This article considers the problem of food security in the case of the Kaliningrad region. The key threat to regional food security is the increasing dependence on import. It is proved that the region’s food security can be ensured through self-sufficiency.
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Formation of monitoring system for food security (at the example of the Kaliningrad region)
The author substantiates that among basic elements of mechanism of food security provision one should consider monitoring and forecasting
of factors defining threats for food security in the exclave region.
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A new role of cooperation under economic sanctions as seen by residents of the Kaliningrad region
... transformations have highlighted the problems of the Kaliningrad economy, whose unique risks are a product of its enclave position and dependence on imported goods and supplies from ‘mainland’ Russia. Transport costs are a severe limitation upon food accessibility for the population, leading to reduced consumption levels. Additional constraints are the difficulties encountered by regional food industry enterprises, which are currently experiencing the painful repercussions of disrupted cross-border ...
The economy of Russian Baltic regions: development level and dynamics, structure and international trade partners
... in the Kaliningrad region. The latter value is below the national average of 4.6 %. Nevertheless, Kaliningrad, like the other two study regions, outperforms an average Russian territory as regards the production of vehicles (cars and ships)<6>.
Food production ranks second in the number of the employed in the industry. Such businesses rely on seaborne imports for raw materials. Food and beverage production employs 2.0 % of the working population in St. Petersburg, 2.4 % in the Leningrad region ...
Characterization and use of synthesized antimicrobial peptide in the composition of biodegradable food film
One direction in the development of food packaging involves the use of biodegradable safe materials along with antimicrobial agents. Among the promising prescribed ingredients for biodegradable films are biopeptides with antimicrobial properties. The research goal was to develop a biodegradable ...
Societal security in the Baltic Sea Region: the Russian perspective
... Wæver’s followers and now covers not only existential threats to society but also soft security challenges, such as socioeconomic inequalities, social deprivation, lack of access to education, culture and telecommunications, environmental problems, food and water quality, etc. This study is based on such — enhanced — understanding of the societal security concept.
The post-Copenhagen School approaches that try to connect the notion of societal security to the concepts of human security, sustainability ...
First results of the import substitution policy in the Kaliningrad region
The aim of this research work is to analyze the results of the import substitution policy of an exclave territory. The objectives of this research include the analysis of the development of agriculture in the exclave region, the evaluation of the food security level, the assessment of import substitution and its influence on the development of agriculture. The subject of this study is the policy of import substitution of the Kaliningrad region. The object of this research is the agricultural sector ...
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 agricultural manufacturers. The article presents the results of statistical modelling and a forecast of regional ...
The assessment of the antioxidant status of medicinal plants from the collection of the botanical garden of the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University (Kaliningrad)
... families. The study identified palnt species with a maximum content of biologically active compounds (phenolic antioxidants and ascorbic acid) and high antioxidant activity. These plants can be used as a basis for the creation of innovative functional food products
that have high antioxidant activity.
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Cовременные технологии производства и их социокультурное и экономическое влияние на качество и безопасность продовольственных товаров
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Spatial differentiation of rural territories in the Kaliningrad region: implications for socio-economic policies
... radical than those described by Tatyana Nefedova [10]. Additional support measures are needed to promote the development of the agricultural 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 ...
Small towns of Latvia: disparities in regional and urban development
... capita GRP of 16,700 euros, and Ventspils with 35,000 people, 13,800 euros. Some towns have a pronounced economic profile and specialisation. For Ventspils, it is container shipping; for Krāslava, the garment industry and woodworking; for Preiļi, the food industry.
Latvia’s towns have not yet become local centres for innovation, with very few exceptions. These are optical glass fibre production in Līvāni, Latgale; Madara natural cosmetics in Mārupe and a chemical-pharmaceutical factory in Olaine,...
Bread supply issue and the food independence of the Novgorod land
This article deals with the issue of the food supply problems on the territory of the Novgorod land in the 11th-16th centuries. Despite permanent bread budget deficit, Veliky Novgorod managed to maintain political and economic independence and avoid purchasing significant amounts of grain. The ...
On the role of Arctic cod in the nutrition of abundant bird species of the Barents Sea
This article analyses the role of Arctic cod—the most abundant representative of Arctic fish fauna in the food web of the Barents Sea ecosystems. The author estimates the degree of its consumption by the most abundant seabirds-ichthyophagist (northern fulmar, Brünnich's guillemot, black-legged kittiwake) and performs ccalculations that can serve as a basis ...
Three Russian Baltic regions in the context of confrontation between Russia and the West
... compared to 2021. Wood processing, furniture manufacturing, and machinery and equipment repair also saw a substantial decline. In the Kaliningrad region, computer production, railway carriage manufacturing, and metallurgy were also affected.
However, the food industry, unaffected by raw material imports from EU countries due to retaliatory measures against imposed restrictions, experienced only a minor decline in production, with some sectors even witnessing an increase in their production output. St....
On the study of yeasts consortia ethanol producing abilities
The production of bioethanol from non-food feedstock is considered to be a promising alternative to conventional ethanol production from food crops. However, a number of significant technological drawbacks does not allow the industrial production of bioethanol. There is the problem of screening the most effective microorganisms-producers in particular. Due to multicomponent composition ...
Economic activity of the leading religious organizations in Estonia
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The development of dairy farming: forecasts and trends
... period of implementation of the policy of import substitution in Russia, the level of production of basic agricultural products is gradually approaching the rational rate of their consumption. The biggest gap in providing the population with basic food remains in the production of milk. Only 71.0 % of the recommended norm of dairy produce is consumed. At the same time, in 2017, the level of self-sufficiency of Russia with this type of food was 84.0 % (against 90.0 % indicated in the Doctrine), ...
Changes in prices for basic consumer basket goods: The case of the Kaliningrad region
... the minimum consumer basket. The analysis uses the indicative method based on studying variations in the chain growth rate of prices, trends method, and time series variation. The calculations made it possible to describe changes in prices for staple food in the Kaliningrad region over the past ten years.
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Modeling Value Chains in Kaliningrad Agriculture
The article describes an approach to modeling and monitoring of the value added in the agricultural sector of the Kaliningrad region in the situration of the need to improve food security and increase internal agricultural output. The results of the first phase of the simulation based on the example of crop production chains of added value to the monitoring Kaliningrad farmers are given for May 2015.
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Competitive effects of low trade barriers: evaluations for the Kaliningrad region
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Sanctions risks and regional development: Russian case
... is the growth of international contradictions leading to trade, military, and other conflicts. This is associated with threats of expanding specific external restrictions, leading to numerous impacts of sanctions risks in exposed areas, for example, food shortages in poor countries due to transport barriers. Since there are quite a lot of threats and risks associated with sanctions, they lead to various hazardous impacts. To evaluate the potential impact of risks on specific territories, the first ...
The legal regulation of agricultural cooperation during the period of the Provisional Government and Soviet Russia
... Economic Policy, the legislator adopted imperial cooperative legislation, granting democratic rights and freedoms to cooperatives. This was driven by the difficult financial situation of the population, especially peasants, and the acute shortage of food products. The policy of building a socialist state determined the further fate of agricultural cooperation, as well as cooperation in general, transforming it from a private-law institution into a public-law one and thereby depriving it of the fundamental ...
Development of network business structures in the spatially distributed cluster St. Petersburg-Leningrad region-Kaliningrad region as a tool of interregional interaction
..., offices, branches, own stores, or dealer centers. Excluding federal-level organizations, this number is five. The financial services sector turned out to be the most represented, while the least represented were the IT industry, pharmaceuticals, food industry, and agriculture. All of this is happening against the backdrop of the expansion of the presence of Saint Petersburg businesses in the regions of the Russian Federation beyond the Northwestern Federal District.
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The modern economy of Russia’s Baltic regions in the municipal context
... their municipal structure. Numerous studies concentrate on the settlement systems of the two regions and the geodemographic characteristics of their municipalities [7], [15], [16], [17], [18], [19], [20]. With the heightened state interest in ensuring food security, there are relatively detailed statistics available for the agriculture sector. This is the only segment of the municipal economy for which Rosstat publishes data for all enterprises, not just the large and medium ones. These statistics ...
The adaptation of Russian regions’ economies to the rupture of relations with Europe: the case of Baltic Sea ports
... including dry cargo — 263.9 million tons (+ 16.8 %); liquid — 262.9 million tons (+ 2.6 %), including oil — 161.5 million tons (+ 6.4 %); petroleum products — 75.5 million tons (– 5.7 %); liquefied gases — 20.2 million tons (– 4.4 %); food products — 3.4 million tons (+ 38.6 %). Export load amounted to 413.0 million tons (+ 7.8 %); 22.8 million tons (+ 11.1 %) were handled for import, 38.9 million tons (+ 7.1 %) — for transit, 52.1 million tons (+ 24.3 %) — for cabotage.
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The geopolitical effect of the maritime factor on the spatial development of post-Soviet Russia: the Baltic case
... researchers. In these conditions, the Russian—European barrier is becoming increasingly tangible both on land and at sea. The macro-region is adopting a bi-structural design that both offers coastal areas new opportunities, such as saturating the local food market with Russian goods [49], and presents them with risks [50].
As rightly noted in [51], the proclaimed Zeitenwende in the Baltic region has become a thing of the past, a completely unrealised ideologeme, whilst the ‘space of cooperation’ ...
Geography of the mobile internet in the border and interior regions of Russia
... the average monthly cost of mobile communication and internet services plays a pivotal role. When these costs are high relative to wages, it notably reduces the accessibility of ICT. Similarly, a significant portion of household income allocated to food expenditure also diminishes accessibility to information and communication technologies (ICT) [24]. The average age and level of education remain socially significant factors of digital disparity across Russian regions as they determine everyday ...
Socio-political moods of the residents of the Kaliningrad region as an indicator of the geopolitical security of the region
... years old (n = 915). As a result of the study, it was revealed that the significant problems of the Kaliningrad region for the inhabitants of the region continue to be problems related to economic security: low incomes of the population, high prices for food and essential goods, high tariffs for housing and communal services. The hypothesis is confirmed that in the conditions of geopolitical tensions, the population's trust in local and federal authorities, the president and the army will increase. The ...
The peaks and troughs of Russian-Estonian relations
The world is witnessing the most profound changes of recent decades: a severe economic crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and the bitter confrontation between Russia and the West, to name a few. At the core of Russia’s foreign policy is indubitably the conflict with the West, centred around Ukraine. The member states of the EU and NATO that share a border with Russia adopted the most hard-line position, and Russia’s relations with its western neighbours have always been strained....
Peculiarities of obtaining fodder amino acids when culturing Corynebacterium on soybean melasse
Currently, soybeans and soybean derivatives are widely used for food and animal feed. A significant content of carbohydrates in soy molasses makes it possible to use it as a component of a nutrient medium for cultivating microorganisms that produce feed amino acids. The aim of this work was to study the process of ...
Features of modern accommodation production of agricultural products in the Russian non-black earth region
The macro-region Nonblack Soil Zone plays an important role in the development of the Russian economy, ensuring its food security. With the transition of the country to market relations, the distribution of agricultural production in all its regions has been transformed. These changes for the Nonblack Soil Zone have not been properly studied. This study focuses on ...
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