The modern economy of Russia’s Baltic regions in the municipal context
This article analyses the differentiation of municipalities at the municipal and urban district levels in the Kaliningrad and Leningrad regions based on their economic development and the response of their economies to the crises of 2020 and 2022. Emphasis is placed on the possibilities of conducting ...
Spatial differentiation of rural territories in the Kaliningrad region: implications for socio-economic policies
... the Russian Federation, the rural population of the Kaliningrad region is growing. This growth is facilitated by an influx of individuals from other parts of Russia and other countries. Following the polarisation theory, population growth is driven by municipalities in the western part of the oblast, while eastern rural territories are losing population due to both natural decline (common to the oblast as a whole) and migration. Eastern municipalities have the demographic potential to increase the ...
International heritage in the memorial landscape of the Kaliningrad region
... that provided Prussia with the dominant role in the process. Several places of remembrance have survived in the Kaliningrad region that once were part of this memorial narrative. In Pillkallen (today, the village of Dobrovolsk in the Krasnoznamensk municipality), a monument was erected in the 1870s to commemorate the victims of the 1860s—1870s’ wars, whose outcome allowed the Prussian elite to found an empire. Prussia and the Russian Empire were strategic partners at that time, a circumstance ...
The spread of the COVID-19 infection in Russia’s Baltic macro-region: internal differences
This article explores the spread of the Covid-19 infection in Russia’s Baltic macro-region. The monthly excess mortality rate in the Baltic region is analysed along with regional and municipal Covid-19 response acts to identify regional features affecting the spread of the disease. The spatial characteristics of Russia’s Baltic regions, germane to the propagation of Covid-19, were distinguished by examining selected social and economic ...
Small towns of Latvia: disparities in regional and urban development
... situation in the country, which became more uncertain following the 2019—2021 territorial consolidation, does not ensure either equal growth of territories or sustainable and harmonised national development. In the course of the reform, the number of municipalities was reduced by a factor of 3.5, from 119 to 42; from two to nine municipalities were brought under one local government. The questionable consequences of the reform have been mentioned by experts, members of local government councils and ...
Cross-border tourist mobility as seen by residents of the Karelian borderlands: COVID-19 restrictions
... Finnish travellers, marked preferences and a network of contacts with Finnish residents and organisations. The COVID-19 restrictions affected the routines of the residents of the Karelian borderlands more severely than those of people living in the inner municipalities or the regional capital. The findings of the study provide a comprehensive picture of the significance of cross-border tourist mobility (border tourism) and point to spatial differences in the perception of the study phenomenon by the residents ...
The coastal factor in spatial development programmes for the municipalities of the Kaliningrad region
... both the growing cities of the Kaliningrad agglomeration and areas of low population density, the latter located primarily along the bays. These circumstances determine what effect the coastal factor has on the socio-economic development of a certain municipality in the Kaliningrad region. We believe that the municipalities that use this factor to a limited degree do not fully realise the potential of their geographical location. Alongside employing other development resources, it is logical for ...
Municipal development in modern Russia: a geopolitical aspect
The modern transformation of the world order and Russia's new place in it, which generates additional problematic situations and challenges for the country, initiate the "municipalization" of approaches both in socio-geographical, regional studies, and in the field of state regulation of spatial development. In the municipal theme itself, at the same time, issues related to geopolitics come to the fore. The article ...
Reputation core of Russian authorities: the case of the regional level of executive power
... 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 are expert ...
Development of municipal districts in Saint Petersburg over the last decade: an economic and spatial analysis
The article analyses economic and spatial indicators to produce a typology of the economic development levels of St. Petersburg municipal districts. To normalise the city’s development, it is vital to understand which territories have contributed more to the process and which have inhibited it. It is also essential to analyse the principal economic indicators of each municipal ...
On the dynamics of economic activity and its impact on the budgetary stability of municipalities of the Kaliningrad region
Municipalities of the Kaliningrad region are increasingly differentiated in the pace and nature of their socio-economic development in the paradigm of the center-peripheral model. The economic center and the coastal zone bordering on it are increasingly ...
Municipal Tax Autonomy under Conditions of Budget Federalism: Reform Experience in Italy and Russia
The article deals with the questions of the current legislative budget process of local autonomies in the Russian Federation and Italy. The current
budget process of an Italian autonomy is characterized by the growing role of municipal taxes and overall decline in public transfers. In the Russian Federation, municipal budgets depend crucially on the mechanism of federal and municipal tax redistribution at this stage of municipal reform. The author comes to the conclusion that ...
Models for countering the segregation of ethnoreligious immigrant areas in Denmark and Sweden
... ghetto were the deprivation of ghetto residents’ right to participate in the family reunification programme; the reduction of social benefits in case of moving to a “hard ghetto”; higher fines for offences; increased police presence; commitment of municipalities to reduce the public housing sector to 40 %.<27> Almost all measures were confirmed by law. However, the culmination of the new immigration policy was a reorientation from ‘integration’ to ‘repatriation’ of refugees and immigrants ...
The methodology of assessing the strategic competitiveness of municipalities: an integral approach (the case of the Kaliningrad region)
The authors present a methodology for assessing the competitiveness of municipalities on the basis of an integrated approach. The validity of the method of integrated assessment of the competitiveness of municipalities is demonstrated in the case of the Kaliningrad region. The authors use a complex of statistical data on ...
On trends in the development of cross-border cooperation in the Kaliningrad region of the Russian Federation
... approved within three cross-border cooperation projects over the past ten years. I focus on the projects that were successfully completed by the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University — a key actor in cooperation. I examine collaborations between municipalities on either side of the border when preparing and running projects under cross-border cooperation programmes. I classify the municipalities of the Kaliningrad region by their involvement in the projects and try to explain why a certain ...
Geographical factors as a principle of strategic planning of municipal entities
This articles deals with the generally accepted principles that should be used by the developers of strategic documents as guidelines. The author pays particular attention to the geographical factors explaining their importance for the municipal entities of the Kaliningrad region and comes to the conclusion that strategic planning of the development of municipal entities should be based on the geographical features of territory that are prevalent in determining the course of economic ...
Innovation centres as growth points for smaller towns and rural areas
This article addresses the role of innovative centres in the development of surrounding areas beyond large cities. At the same time, the innovative development of rural areas should be of a composite nature; municipality development strategies take innovations into account. International practices serve as a an argument in favour of establishing innovative centres in smaller and medium-sized towns in order to facilitate the socioeconomic development of the ...
Twin cities: a new form of cross-border cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region?
... in Russian political studies to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the “twin city” movement as a form of cross-border cooperation in the Baltic region. This phenomenon emerged as a result of a global tendency towards more active involvement of municipal units in international cooperation, on the one hand, and aspirations of frontier cities and towns in the Baltic region to solve common problems together, on the other hand. This work is based on a comparative analysis method and a case study ...
The sea factor in the federal regulation of Russia’s spatial development: post-Soviet experience and current priorities
... as ensuring a balance acceptable for society in socio-economic, geo-economic and geopolitical terms — a balance that is constantly calibrated within the land-sea dichotomy and accompanied by the advanced development of coastal areas, regions and municipalities. In an even broader interpretation, the sea factor also encompasses the total influence (which has geopolitical and geo-ideological elements) exerted on a certain territory by the so-called maritime states and civilisations (as understood ...
Innovative development of rural settlements of the Leningrad region
... is to assess the existing differences between the rural and urban population in the provision of banking, public, information and communication services as the basis for activating the innovation process. The study is carried out on urban and rural municipalities of the Leningrad region. Special attention is paid to the spatial factor in concentration of service renders. It is revealed that there is a significant gap in innovation susceptibility both between urban and rural settlements, and within ...
Assessment of transport accessibility of rural territories of the Kaliningrad region using methods of sociological research
... result, the rural population expects a high-quality transport infrastructure and an efficiently functioning public transport network. Using sociological tools, the authors analyze the degree of satisfaction of the rural population from the eastern municipalities of the Kaliningrad region with a current public transport network and the quality of transport services provided. The findings led to the conclusion that the existing passenger management system satisfies most of the respondents. At the ...
Tourism development in border areas: a benefit or a burden? The case of Karelia
... regions are expected to benefit from their position when it comes to tourism development. In this article, I propose a new approach to interpreting the connection between an area’s proximity to the national border and the development of tourism at the municipal level. The aim of this study is to identify the strengths and limitations of borderlands as regards the development of tourism in seven municipalities of Karelia. I examine summarised data available from online and other resources, as well ...
Monotowns: A Quantitative Analysis
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Legal Regulation of Disposition of Property Assigned to State and Municipal Unitary Enterprise
The article analyses some legal regulation problems concerning the disposition of property, assigned to them, by state and municipal unitary enterprises, including the current tendency towards the limitation of unitary enterprises’ authority in this field, which is reflected in the Law on Competition Protection.
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Some problems of applying competition protection legislation to transactions related to the disposal of property of public and municipal unitary enterprises
This article analyses certain problems of legal regulation in the field of agreements on the disposal of property of public and municipal unitary enterprises. The authors consider the ways to improve the corresponding legislation.
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Some Aspects of Development of Law on Competition Protection in terms of Exploitation of Property in State and Municipal Ownership
This article analyses the issues of legal regulation in the framework of concluding contracts on the disposition of state and municipal property and considers the opportunities of improving antimonopoly legislation in the given field.
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Settlement system of the Kaliningrad region: dasymetric analysis
... demonstrated using GIS tools. Areas of the highest population concentration within the region, coinciding with the agglomeration's influence territory, have been identified. A decrease in population density to the east of Kaliningrad is also shown. For the municipal entities of the Kaliningrad region, the area and density of inhabited territories have been calculated. Dasymetric analysis has revealed areas of compact placement of rural settlements, aligning with the designated government rural agglomerations....
The border as a barrier and an incentive for the structural economic transformation of the Kaliningrad exclave
... programmes. We prepare projects in advance, long before the competition is announced. We know exactly what we want to do, and then we just adapt the application to the terms of the grant,’ said in the interview an official from the Chernyakhovsky municipality.<14>
It is too early to assess successes and failures at this challenging historical moment. Although it is difficult to make forecasts and draw up detailed plans in conditions of uncertainty, the strategic objectives are clear: overcoming ...
Modern trends in paradiplomacy: a case of Russian-Finnish regional cooperation
... criteria
Description
The timeframe
Years 2000—2020
The participants
Subnational actors
Twin cities Imatra-Svetogorsk
Сities administration
South-East Finland — Russia Cross-Border Cooperation Programme 2014—2020
Universities, businesses, NGOs, municipalities, regional authorities, and budgetary institutions (as project partners).
Russian-Finnish Cross-Border University
University of Helsinki, University of Joensuu, University of Kuopio, Lappeenranta University of Technology, University of Tampere,...
Societal security in the Baltic Sea Region: the Russian perspective
... square meters per year;
• improving the quality of the urban environment by one and a half times;
• making sure that at least 85% of the road network in the largest urban agglomerations meets regulatory requirements;
• creating a sustainable solid municipal waste management system that ensures 100% waste sorting and reduces the volume of waste sent to landfills by half;
• reducing emissions of hazardous pollutants that have the greatest negative impact on the environment and human health by half;
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Response of the Lithuanian municipalities to the First Wave of COVID-19
... authorities to the first wave of COVID-19 with a special focus on the economic support measures they took. The main goal of this in-depth study is to compare the economic response measures included in the action plans of Riga and Tallinn, two large Lithuanian municipal administrations, as well as to analyse the narrative developed in the two cities. The methodology of this research is based on the review of literature, the analysis of action plans, and a case study. The Vilnius and Klaipėda city municipalities ...
Institutional approach to assessing the transition to a circular economy: the case of the Kaliningrad region
... reform. This study aims to address possible obstacles to transitioning to a circular economy in the Kaliningrad region. Methodologically, the study uses instruments of new institutional economics: by comparing discrete institutional alternatives for municipal solid waste (MSW) management, the authors propose incentive schemes that will likely stimulate the transition to a circular economy in the region. It is shown that, in Russia, the identification of the holder of the property right to waste is ...
The impact of the food embargo on consumer preferences and cross-border practices in the Kaliningrad region
... terms of the spatial differences observed in the Kaliningrad region. Strata were established by factoring in their geographical location, population, economic specialization, and transport infrastructure:
1) regional centre: Kaliningrad;
2) coastal municipalities: Zelenogradsk, Pionersk, Svetlogorsk, Yantarniy and Baltiysk districts;
3) municipalities oriented to Kaliningrad: Guryevsk and Svetlyi districts;
4) municipalities in the centre of the region: Gvardeisk, Chernyakhovsk, Gusev and Polessk ...
Genesis of the concept of “unclaimed land share” in Russian legislation
... legal regime of unclaimed land shares and improvement of its efficiency: procedural improvement to recognize land shares as unclaimed and the criteria for classifying them as such; regulation of the extrajudicial transfer of unclaimed land shares into municipal ownership; establishment of a term for the right to recognize unclaimed land shares as municipal property; use of the legal mechanism for recognizing ownership of unclaimed land shares as ownerless; limitation of the period of use of the legal ...
Center-peripheral dimension of innovative security in the Western border regions of Russia (the case of the Rostov region)
The article is devoted to studying the territorial patterns of the formation of an innovative space and ensuring innovation security at a municipal level. The geography of the study covers the municipalities of the Rostov region. The analysis of some indicators of innovative activity characterizing the level of provision of residents and small and medium-sized businesses of municipalities ...
Transformation of the settlement system in the Kaliningrad region
... 1,068 settlements in the region (excluding cities and urban-type settlements) and their transport and geographical position resulte in conclusions on the state of the settlement system both in the region as a whole and in the context of individual municipalities. The main conclusion is that the relatively small size of the region and high transport connectivity (along with a high level of economic development) generally smooth out negative socio-demographic processes, making the gap between agglomeration ...
Transport connectivity as a factor in overcoming challenges of the periphery: the case of rural areas in the Kaliningrad region
... the incipient concentration of population in peripheral border areas.
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The effect of geographical position and employment fluctuations on rural settlement trends
... regional settlement systems, still poorly understood but essential for strategic and spatial planning, are growing. This article draws on the concept of the geographical demographic situation; it uses official statistics on Russian regions and Kaliningrad municipalities and settlements to explore the connection between rural settlement trends and employment fluctuations caused by structural shifts in Russian regional economies. It is shown how settlement polarisation affects differences in settlement trends ...
Methods for assessing the quality of life of Russian urban youth
... this article, I carry out a critical analysis of the existing methods for assessing the quality of life of cities and propose a method for assessing Russian cities as experienced by youth. The main result of this study is a method that can be used by municipal authorities in preparing strategic planning documents. I conclude that the existing methods for assessing the quality of life of cities are poorly applicable in practice and thus they require substantial improvement. At the same time, the proposed ...
The legal regime of information systems in Russian agriculture
... the information infrastructure and show that agriculture lacks a single information infrastructure. Further, I review existing classifications of information systems and the types of information provisions using such systems. I consider national and municipal information system as a means to provide state and municipal services and as a regulatory practice and examine the possibility of classifying information systems as a source of law.
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Problems of the development of pre-agglomeration (semiperipheral) municipalities on the example of the Gvardeysk urban district
... Russia is updated every day. The formation of growth points and the relationship between the center and the periphery affects both economic and social issues, and therefore there is a need to analyze the ongoing economic and demographic processes in municipalities located at different distances from the agglomeration, with the aim of developing effective tools for spatial development that affect the entire territorial socio- economic system (region) The purpose of this study is to identify the main ...
Forms of International Cooperation in Environmental Education: the Experience of Saint Petersburg State University
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Geo-demographic typology of municipalities of the Kaliningrad region
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The dynamics of development of cities and local budgets
... study of the Volga and Urals federal districts helps analyse the standing of large cities serving as “growth poles” identified with the help of two methodologies. The article offers a geographical analysis of three aspects of financial standing of municipalities:
financial independence, social orientation, territorial equity. The dynamic of development and financial standing are compared in order to identify the role of budgets in the development of cities (stimulating and inhibiting ones).
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The development of municipal authorities' financial independence
This article examines the results of municipal reform, analyses the budgetary policy of the Kaliningrad region, and identifies the problems of formation of local budget revenues. The author described the methods to improve budgetary policy, which could level the differences in economic and ...
Some problems of the procedure of recognising a citizen as a person with low income for the purpose of providing accommodation in the framework of a social rent contract
The law of the Kaliningrad region On the Procedure of Recognising a Citizen as a Person with Low Income for the Purpose of Providing Municipal Accommodation in the Framework of a Social Rent Contract serves as a basis for the consideration of issues of introducing a mechanism of assessing the level of a citizen’s income and the value of their property for the purpose of recognising ...
Application of imitating modeling administrative activity in municipal formations
An analysis of areas of application of imitating modeling is carried out. A special attention is given to his use in municipal bodies of management RF.
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Structural and Functional Characteristics of the Spatial Development of Rural and Urban Areas in the Northwestern Economic District
... of district population distribution systems.
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The Baltics and Russian North-West: the Core and the Periphery in the 2000s
This article analyses population changes in North-West regions of Russia (the former North-Western economic zone and the Kaliningrad region) and the Baltics at the level of urban districts and municipalities. The cohort component method is used to analyze the youth population dynamics in the administrative territorial units of this level, which makes it possible to estimate the international (intraregional) migration of this population group....
Measuring social well-being in the rural areas of the Kaliningrad region
This article evaluates the social wellbeing of rural municipalities of the Kaliningrad region. The degree of social wellbeing is assessed on the basis of an analysis of statistical data and expert evaluations. Rural districts were identified in the Kaliningrad region on the basis of the following criteria: ...