The Swedish institute’s scholarship policy as a soft power instrument
... promote its national brand through education and academic mobility are comparatively less robust when compared to Sweden’s initiatives.
This paper delves into an analysis of the Swedish Institute’s (SI) activities, with a particular focus on its grant and scholarship policy, as well as the institute’s role in the realm of soft power and nation branding between 1995 and 2023. Debates surrounding the allocation of resources to these facets of SI’s work have remained a subject of considerable ...
Cross-border cooperation between nongovernmental organisations in the Pomeranian and Warmian-Masurian voivodeships
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The border as a barrier and an incentive for the structural economic transformation of the Kaliningrad exclave
... foreign carriers from operating on their territory, which required the transshipment of goods when entering and leaving the country.<6>
The wagon turnover problem was partly solved by establishing a regional transport company: Novik Group was granted a loan for creating a wagon fleet of its own. The capacity of the ferry service was also increased. Whilst in February 2022 only two ferries operated on the line, in April 2023 it was served by four railway ferries, a RORO vessel, and two multi-purpose ...
Dare to Know, or the Gospel According to Kant
... Following Kant, I look for an answer to the question, “Which limits impede Enlightenment, and which limits, far from obstructing it, are bound to promote it?” and reveal the hidden paradox of the Kantian solution: maturity has to be preceded by the granting of freedoms; and the granting of freedoms in turn calls for a mature public. I also ask the question, “Whose yoke is heavier, one’s own or the guardian’s?” and offer my version of an answer. In conclusion, I assemble all parts of the ...
International heritage in the memorial landscape of the Kaliningrad region
... relocated to the site where a building of the University of Königsberg once stood thus emphasising the role of Albrecht as the founder of the institution. In 2011, a memorial stone to Albrecht appeared in Sovetsk, its inscription naming him the duke who granted city rights to Tilsit in 1552. The stone is found on the square that was named after the duke before the war. The name of Albrecht Hohenzollern is also associated with close diplomatic contacts with the Russian state, as well as joint military ...
On M.A. Ivanova’s personal pension provision, granted for F.M. Dostoevsky’s service to the Soviet state
The article deals with the problems of personal pension provision of M. A. Ivanova, the niece of F. M. Dostoevsky, granted for the merits of her famous relative. The main information sources are the documents of the pension file stored in the State Archive of the Russian Federation, confirming the right of the writer’s niece to a personal pension for the merits ...
Models of endowing artificial intelligence with legal personality
... the legal personality of artificial intelligence. The concept of artificial intelligence and its legally significant features, the ratio of artificial intelligence and robot are investigated. The purpose of the study is to analyze the main models of granting legal personality to artificial intelligence. The following research methods are used: comparative, analytical and historical. Results: The first model denies the possibility of granting artificial intelligence legal personality, within its framework ...
The Welfare State (Social State) in the Russian Federation as a Constitutional Principle and its Practical Implementation
... 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) capital, experience of the granting the Charge-Free Land Property for multi-child families, and also so-called project of the "Charge-Free Far Eastern Hectare". Based on the conducted analysis the authors of the article have made several suggestions regarding pragmatic ...
The Imperishable Kant: Deleuze on the Consistency of the Faculties of Reason
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The legal regulation of agricultural cooperation during the period of the Provisional Government and Soviet Russia
... organization of cooperative activities. The period of “war communism” was characterized by extremely harsh measures regarding the state control of cooperatives. During the New 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 ...
The modern economy of Russia’s Baltic regions in the municipal context
... is uneven and the impact of a crisis is often local. In addition, the analysis of the municipalities provides a better understanding of economic development patterns, particularly, in small businesses.
Acknowledgements
The research was done under the grant of the Russian Science Foundation (project № 23-18-00180 ‘Multivariants of determinants and trends of economic dynamics of Russian municipalities: conceptualization, identification and typologization in the interests of state regulation of spatial ...
Priorities for the development of manufacturing industries in the Kaliningrad region
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Starting from 1999, when the aftermath of the 1998 financial crisis was largely overcome, the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) established in 1996, along with the customs privileges granted to its tenants, began to exhibit effectiveness. New investors were arriving, and manufacturing industries started to develop at a faster pace than the national average (Fig. 2). Industries other than the Soviet-time premier sectors were gaining ...
Knowledge and innovation dynamics of the Northwest Russia under geopolitical changes
... 2019 (15.7 %, 2.8 %, 10.3 % respectively). The most significant redistribution of patent types occurred in the Republic of Karelia: the share of inventions decreased from 59.6 % to 33.8 %, and utility models increased from 36.5 % to 52.3 %.
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Patents granted in the regions of Northwest Russia by type, in 2019 and 2021
Source: developed by the authors based on Rospatent data, Openstat.rospatent.gov.ru.<6>
Among the 82 fields of knowledge in which the subjects of Northwest Russia issued patents,...
The Accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO: Geopolitical implications for Russia’s position in the Baltic Sea region
... source of which being Russia, as the West alleges in recent years — is confirmed by the fact that the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats (Hybrid CoE) has been operating in Helsinki since 2017. The right to participate in it is granted to member countries of the European Union and NATO. After Finland and Sweden become NATO members, the role of the North Atlantic Alliance in the functioning of this formally European organization will increase. The competence of this centre includes ...
Three Russian Baltic regions in the context of confrontation between Russia and the West
...
Finland’s entry into NATO and the likelihood of Sweden following suit in the near future signify a transformation of the Baltic Sea into an ‘internal sea of NATO’, considering Russia’s control over only 7 % of its coastline. This development grants the North Atlantic Alliance the capability to regulate access to the Gulf of Finland, subsequently controlling routes to the military naval base in Kronstadt and Russian ports in the region. Furthermore, NATO exercises control over air and sea ...
The geopolitical effect of the maritime factor on the spatial development of post-Soviet Russia: the Baltic case
... security. The major coastalisation trend, which has been crucial for post-Soviet Russia, should continue. It should be supported by scientific analysis, particularly in human geography.
This study was supported by the Russian Science Foundation within grant № 22-28-00022 Geoeconomic and Geopolitical Determinants of the Transformation of Core—Periphery Structure in Transboundary Maritime Regions: Conceptualising, Monitoring and Modelling for the Benefit of Public Governance: the Cases of the Baltic,...
Economic development of Russia’s north-western regions and migration to the St. Petersburg agglomeration
... now growing at a much slower pace and labour productivity growth was slower than in the surrounding regions, which had higher shares of manufacturing and agriculture in the economic structure.
The research was supported by Russian Science Foundation grant № 23-28-00446 “The impact of agglomeration formation on the development of the region’s economy as a whole”.
Druzhinin P. V.
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Artificial Intelligence: a catalyst for entrepreneurship education in the Baltics
... presents an analysis of the theme and factors contributing to the transformation of traditional universities into entrepreneurial universities in Latvia. The Latvian study narrows its focus to two key aspects: firstly, the universities’ capacity to grant students access to business incubators, and secondly, the extent to which universities are receptive to collaborating with external partners such as businesses, local municipalities, and government entities. The analysis of Latvian university-affiliated ...
The Visegrad Group and the Baltic Assembly: coalitions within the EU as seen through Russian foreign policy
... cooperation.<22> In addition to the member countries, there are other donors of the fund: from the EU — Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, and the Netherlands; from external donor countries — South Korea, Canada and the United States. The fund provides grants to both individuals and organisations.<23>
The importance of the Visegrad fund is highlighted in the Krakow Declaration of February 17, 2021, noting that more than 600 projects for the development of civil society have been financed within ...
Response of the Lithuanian municipalities to the First Wave of COVID-19
... study. The Vilnius and Klaipėda city municipalities adopted action plans to support residents and businesses. Although there are many measures the plans have in common, they differ in the context and scope of application. Municipalities are willing to grant exemptions from various fees and taxes. They have used innovative measures: Vilnius allowed the opening of outdoor cafes, the practice, which was observed by global media. According to the research findings, the actions of municipal authorities ...
Migration distances in Russia: a demographic profile of migrants
... long-term migration made it possible to solve most of the completeness problems of the 2010s (albeit new issues, such as ‘automatic return’ have arisen). This circumstance increases the significance of our findings.
This article was supported by grant from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation № 075-15-2020-928.
Karachurina L. B., Mkrtchyan N. V.
types of migrant registration, distance, women, men, age
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10.5922/2079-8555-2023-2-1
France’s strategy in the Baltic region: military and political aspects
... unfriendly. Any further build-up or, otherwise, the minimization of France’s military presence in the region will depend on the confrontation between Russia and the West.
The article is prepared within the framework of the Russian Science Foundation grant project № 22-78-00198 “France’s Defence Policy: Spheres, Trends, Challenges for Russia” (
https://rscf.ru/project/22-78-00198/)
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Chikhachev A. Yu.
10.5922/2079-8555-2023-1-1
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Baltic region, France, NATO, enhanced forward presence,...
The spread of the COVID-19 infection in Russia’s Baltic macro-region: internal differences
... pandemic entered the Republic of Karelia, the Leningrad and Murmansk regions penetrated through both horizontal and hierarchical diffusion, as indicated by regional regulations.
The study was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research within grant № 20-04-60490 Developing Territorially Differentiated Methods for Regulating Socioeconomic Interactions, Sectoral Structure and Local Labour Markets to ensure balanced regional development in a volatile epidemiological situation.
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The two-party tendency in Poland’s political system: manifestations, causes and prospects
... 2021, PO was for a short time outrun in the polls by Szymon Hołownia’s anti-system party Poland 2050.<11> These problems are a result of the party’s failure to articulate its stance on such burning issues as reducing clerical influence or granting of abortion rights to women, which discourages potential liberal supporters. PO’s programme contains some vague indications that may encourage opposition-minded voters but does not make the position of the party clear (the document speaks ...
Refugees from Syria and Iraq in Sweden: resettlement during the migration crisis
... migrants’ resettlement. The deconcentration of Iraqis and Syrians led to the convergence between the settlement structure typical of immigrants and the Swedes, whilst concentration resulted in divergence accompanied by the emergence of close-knit immigrant communities on the outskirts of Sweden’s largest cities. The formation of such communities, seen as vulnerable by the national authorities and marked by a high crime rate, impedes the integration of Syrian and Iraqi immigrants into Swedish society....
Migration attractiveness of the coastal zone of Russia’s North-West: local gradients
A well-acknowledged driver of change, population movement intensifies the development of coastal territories. The Russian North-West holds a vast coastal zone. Granting access to the Baltic, the White, and the Barents Seas, it is an area of geostrategic importance where much of the country’s coastal economy — one of the national priorities — is located. Push and pull factors are enormously diverse in the ...
Implementation of the INTERREG program in the Kaliningrad region and neighboring countries: a brief overview
As part of the study, the authors have considered the Interreg Programme as a tool for the cross-border cooperation development. The projects granted from «Russia — Lithuania» Interreg Cross-Border Cooperation (CBC) Programme 2014—2020 and «Poland — Russia» Interreg CBC Programme 2014—2020 have been the research subjects. The authors have identified the most active actors of cross-border ...
Pechora scrolls: St. Augustine’s miracle of the revelation of the Elder
... own vocabulary saturating the plot with details, which were missing in the first version. He cleared the text of unnecessary motives that distract the reader from the main idea of the story: holiness does not depend on rank or status; it can also be granted to a humble, illiterate person who is capable of performing miracles.
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Was heißt Fortschritt im Wissen? Gnoseotopische Überlegungen zur Aufklärung und ihren Folgen
... the area of relatively secure knowledge, which is subject to both quantitative (cumulative) and qualitative (paradigmatic) historical changes. Considering the further fact that human ignorance has been acknowledged since Antiquity and taken for granted for millennia of human history, the awareness of this ignorance becomes particularly problematic during the Enlightenment when irreducible yet systematically repressed elements of human ignorance were integrated into the epistemology of 18th-century ...
Echelon lists as a source for the database of immigrants to the Kaliningrad region in 1946 (the case of the Pravdinsky district)
The authors analysed the lists of immigrants to the Pravdinsky district in 1946, which are stored in the State Archive of the Kaliningrad Region. The article describes the main features of compiling echelon lists of immigrants and receiving echelons from Russia and Belarus. The authorsstudied the differences in the design of similar documents and the difficulties that arise when extracting information from them. A wide variety of sources available in the archive makes it possible to obtain diverse...
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Königsberg Cathedral and Kant’s tomb in Soviet Kaliningrad
... Königsberg/Kaliningrad. Thе article discusses the projects of using the ruins of the Cathedral for different purposes (creation of a university library, construction of an observatory, a concert hall, or an open-air theater, etc.). The author cites documents about granting the Cathedral the status of a monument of cultural heritage. The article provides information about the physical condition of the Cathedral and Kant’s tomb in different years, including the materials of various relevant committees. The author ...
Regional Geographic Information Systems of Health and Environmental Monitoring
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Monotowns: A Quantitative Analysis
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Legal regulation of tax privileges for education educations and those involved in educational relations
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Russian Philosophy Abroad: Development of Conceptual Framework
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In order to preserve the wetland complex of utmost importance for migrating birds, it is necessary to develop the cross border Ramsar territory and to grant the corresponding status to the Russian part of the Neman delta.
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