The border as a barrier and an incentive for the structural economic transformation of the Kaliningrad exclave
This paper aims to study how geopolitical shifts affect regional economies and their structures. Border functions and regimes act as tools for the economy and society to adapt to the redistribution of political influence, movements of people, goods, capital and information between integration associations, individual countries and their cores. A changed environment may ...
Local Border Traffic as a Form of Visa Liberalisation and Territorial Development
... border-crossing statistics for the Kaliningrad region in the framework of the local border traffic, expert interviews, and related analytic reports. Specifically, local border traffic is viewed as the most effective form of interaction in the field of visa regime simplification and border territory development. An assessment of the positions of key negotiators shows that local border traffic between the Kaliningrad region of Russia and the Polish border voivodeships is a success, which stresses the need ...
Confiscation Estonian style: legal and political aspects of potential seizure of Russian assets in EU countries
... plans for the utilisation of Russian sovereign and private assets.
Seizure of Russian property as an element of the EU’s sanctions policy
After the beginning of Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine, the EU significantly tightened the regime of unilateral restrictive measures introduced in 2014 [4], [5], [6].
Amongst the numerous restrictions, the EU has prohibited any transactions related to the management of reserves and assets of the Central Bank of Russia (Article 5a (4) of Regulation ...
The modern economy of Russia’s Baltic regions in the municipal context
... number of individuals who received income under code 2000 (remuneration received by taxpayers in return for employment, and payments to servicemen and equivalent categories of individuals), as well as all sole proprietors (paying PIT or using special tax regimes, such as STS, UAT or PTS). By comparing the obtained results with Rosstat data on employment in large and medium-sized enterprises, it is possible to assess the role of small businesses in the economy of municipalities;
— the income of sole ...
Problems and prospects of EU — Russia dialogue on visa-free travel
... with the issues pertinent to the EU — Russia visa dialogue — one of the major areas of cooperation between the two partners. The article aims to identify the main problems of this dialogue, as well as prospects for the introduction of a visa-free regime between the EU and Russia. The authors provide a historical overview of cooperation in this area and consider problems and prospects of visa liberalization from the economic, legal, and political perspectives. The analysis draws on primary sources ...
The impact of the food embargo on consumer preferences and cross-border practices in the Kaliningrad region
... and Problem Statement
Regional food markets are influenced not only by internal (local socio-economic and institutional conditions) but also by external factors. Some of them have a more profound effect on border regions. These include the border regime and its changes, which determine the freedom of movement of people and goods [1], as well as the price policy of sellers on both sides of the border. Cross-border price gradients are important for many market players, as they determine the preferences ...
On crisis trends in the legitimacy of the political regimes of the Baltic States
This article considers the legitimacy of political regimes in the Baltic States by analysing three major parameters: confidence in political institutions, level of corruption, and the development of their party systems. The author identifies the major crisis trends in the legitimacy of the political regimes ...
The special economic zone in the Kaliningrad region: towards a more effective legal regime
In this article, I aim at identifying the main trends in the development of the laws on the special legal regime of entrepreneurship in the Kaliningrad region. I address the problems of the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in the Kaliningrad region and provide recommendations for improving its legal regulation. I analyse the 12 years experience of the practical ...
The facilitation of freedom of movement between Russia and the European Union: prospects and legal issues
This article examines the legal aspects of the prospective visa free regime between Russia and the European Union,as well as the implementation of local border traffic mechanisms.
1. Treaty on the functioning of the European Union, consolidated version, 2008, Official Journal, 9 May, p. 115.
2. Council Regulation (EC) ...
Geopolitical regionalisation of the Baltic area: the essence and historical dynamics
... with the Baltic region serving as a notable example. Transboundary regions proper encompass portions of neighbouring countries, whilst cross-border regions emerge from local-level collaborations, as seen in initiatives like the local border traffic regime that once facilitated transit between Poland and the Kaliningrad region [5], [13].
Based on their functions, i. e. types of activities performed by public agents, regions are categorised as follows:
1. Monofunctional (sectoral) regions. These include ...
Prospects for a new intervention by military in the political processes in the Republic of Turkey
... Scenario analysis was used for the prediction. As a result, three scenarios for the development of the Republic of Turkey were obtained: the establishment of a rigid clerical authoritarianism, democratic transition, and the preservation of a hybrid regime. It was identified that the highest likelihood of a military coup exists under the establishment of rigid authoritarianism, and the lowest likelihood is under the preservation of a hybrid regime.
Gasanov M.A.
military coup, democracy, authoritarianism,...
Agents approach to the state economic policies in the condition of fundamental uncertainty
... the right to establish formal institutions of the national economics, and on the other hand, it itself is one of the elements of this sector of the global socio-economics system. The article proposes the author’s definition of the economic policies regimes, which is understood as a set of rules, measures, norms to achieve the macro-goal of the country's growth through the development of its economic system. With this approach, it becomes possible to adjust the economic policies by changing their ...
The Art of «Leftist Obscenity» as a Way to Discredit the Imperial Regime: the Works of Eisenstien, Babel, and Lunacharsky
... its procedures, and identify the purpose it served at the time. The author assumes that ‘leftist obscenity’ arose within pro-Soviet art, when the Soviet government was seeking legitimation, which was impossible without discrediting the imperial regime. ‘Leftist obscenity’ was intended to discredit the imperial regime and to give a new perspective on the imperial heritage. The method aimed to diminish and ridicule that heritage. This was achieved by causing ‘high’ (objects of religious ...
Problems of increasing the efficiency of the special economic zone legal regime in the Kaliningrad region
This article considers the main problems of improving the legal regime of the Special Economic Zone through the prism of efficiency increase. The author stresses the imperfection of some provisions contained in the Law on the Special economic Zone. Certain proposals on the legal regulation and law enforcement are ...
Special legal regimes as a means to differentiate the legal regulation of entrepreneurship
The legal category of ‘legal regime’ is considered as a means of differentiating legal regulation of entrepreneurial activities. The author stresses the use of special legal regimes in entrepreneurship legislation and examines the purposes of their application. The article emphasises ...
The legal regime of Special economic zone in the Kaliningrad region: the routes to improvement
This article analyses the problems of implementation of the Special economic zone regime in the Kaliningrad region, outlines its major development trends, suggests prolongation of the transitional period for business entities using the free customs zone procedure, and emphasises certain problems of legislation improvement and application ...
Priorities for the development of manufacturing industries in the Kaliningrad region
... developed area with a steadily increasing population. Its economy is predominantly influenced by manufacturing industries, whose growth is supported by the region’s strategic geographic position on the Baltic coast and the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) regime. However, the region’s exclave status, which makes it reliant on external factors, hinders its development. Any change in these external factors could necessitate a restructuring of manufacturing industries. The severing of former foreign economic ...
Societal security in the Baltic Sea Region: the Russian perspective
... LIGA point of view.
States’ decisions to cooperate internationally are explained by the LIGA in a three-stage framework: states first define national preferences, then bargain to international agreements, and finally create or adjust institutions and regimes to secure those outcomes in the face of future uncertainty. The LIGA aims at examining what drives national preferences, bargaining strategies and the nature of international institutions and regimes that emerge as an outcome of such a multicausal ...
Depopulation of coastal rural Lithuania: do regional parks stabilise the situation?
... investigate changes in the rural population in three regional parks of the Klaipėda county to determine the number of abandoned villages (with 0 residents) and vanishing ones (with a population < 5), as compared to territories with no conservation regime. The article examines migration as one of the determinants of depopulation. Analysis of national and local statistics, institutional documents, and structured interviews revealed that the conservation regime applied in regional parks did not necessarily ...
Cognitive features of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in patients with alcohol dependence
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a significant public health problem due to its widespread prevalence. It becomes a medical and social burden for both society and the patient. To what extent comorbid alcoholism is able to influence the features of the clinical course of COPD remains an open issue. The study aimed to reveal the impact of alcoholism on the level of COPD subjective symptoms in patients with different compliance. Materials and methods. 147 men with COPD in the age of 40―88...
Genesis of the concept of “unclaimed land share” in Russian legislation
The concept of “unclaimed land share” appeared and developed in Russian legislation due to the debatable nature of the legal nature and the ambiguity of the legal regime of the land share as a category of land law. The article provides a description of the theoretical and practical issues related to the genesis of the doctrinal and legal concepts of land share and unclaimed land share, the topical issues of recognizing ...
Special legal business regimes in the Kaliningrad region
A distinctive feature of the legal regulation of entrepreneurship in the Kaliningrad region is the possibility for investors to use specific business regimes in the region using the legal preferences of the Special Economic Zone and the Special Administrative Region. The article examines the features of the applied special business regimes and periodization of their development. The author describes ...
Disease control and border lockdown at the EU’s internal borders during Covid-19 pandemic: the case of Finland
... as complicated the lives of migrants’ families. While the lockdown of the Estonian and Russian border does not cause any debates in Finnish society, the closure of the Finnish-Swedish border that has been completely open since the 1950s and the new regime led to a debate of citizens’ constitutional rights and to civil disobedience that materialised in semi-legal border crossings.
1. Bashford A. The Age of Universal Contagion: History, Disease and Globalisation // Bashford A. (ed.) Medicine ...
On interpreting the legal category “form of government” (the case of Russia and Kazakhstan)
... one of the typical conceptual errors in elucidating the content of this category, admitted by some legal theorists: the essence of the “form of government of the presidential republic” concept is interpreted with descriptors of a political state regime.
1. Конституция Республики Казахстан (принята на республиканском референдуме 30 августа 1995 г.) // Ведом. Парламента Респ. Казахстан. 1996....
The intensity of population movements through the Russian- Polish border after the suspension of the local border traffic mechanism: 2016 outcomes
... cooperation. On the border between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Poland this mechanism worked from 2012 to 2016, and provided for a significant intensification of mutual border-crossing. In this case the suspension of the local border traffic regime on the Polish side, as well as the regime itself, caused a mixed reaction among both Polish and Russian regional experts and specialists. The article provides the analysis of the mutual intensity of the Russian-Polish border crossing in the period ...
Local border traffic and the development of retail trade in the Kaliningrad region and Polish borderlands
Signing the agreement on local border traffic (LBT) between the Republic of Poland and the Russian Federation was welcomed by experts as an important step towards the future visa-free regime between the European Union and the Russian Federation often discussed in the international dialogue. The three years of LBT mechanism have shown its practical significance for the development of research and cultural contacts, cooperation between ...
The legal regime of property of religious nature: The canonical aspect
... ресурс] : федер. закон от 30 нояб. 2010 г. № 327-ФЗ. Доступ из справ.-правовой системы «Гарант».
Alekseeva N.
church property, church property law, legal regulation, object, subject, legal regime of church property
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The evolution of functioning zoning of the Curonian Spit national park
... environmental management in the Curonian Spit national park (Kalinin-grad region) from its establishment to the present day. The author considers gradual changes in the composition of functional areas and the proportion of zones with different protection regimes.
Генеральный план Государственного природного национального парка «Куршская коса». Л., 1989.
2. Иванов А. Н., Чижова В. П. Охраняемые природные ...
Rights and obligations of the parties under a special bank account contract: Relevant issues
This articles considers the issues relating to the legal regime of accounts opened by a bankruptcy trustee in a credit institution in accordance with Article 138 of the Federal Law «On Insolvency (Bankruptcy)». The author analyses relevant judicial practices and formulates proposals relating to legislation ...
The results of the weekly monitoring of the Vistula Bay coast in the area of Pribrezhny village in 2011-2012
... village of Pribrezhny (the Kaliningrad region) throughout the year. The steady profile measurements of the beach width, photographing, coast description, the calculation of changes in the relative level of the Vistula Lagoon, and the analysis of the wind regime over the observation period made it possible to reveal the coast dynamics, assess the stability of the beach and coastal slope condition, as well as the influence of the
main regime-forming factor — the wind.
1. Бобыкина В. П., Болдырев ...
The legal regime of taxation of education organisations in the Russian Federation
This article considers the features of the regime of taxation of educational organizations in view of the latest changes to the tax law; the author analyses major issues pertaining to specific tax exemptions granted to organizations, pays attention to legal disputes relating to the application ...
About radio station with reverse connect in duplex regime
On the basis of the analysis of principles of duplex system, the model of radio system with reverse connect is obtained. It provide the work of ten duplex channels on one frequency at one antenna in programmable regime of radio-station frequency change.
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Лукьянов Ю. М., Пониматкин В. Е., Шпилевой А. А.
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The legal status of institutions in the Russian Federation
This article considers common and distinctive features of legal status of various institutions (autonomous, budget, government and private ones). Special attention is paid to the legal procedure of financial provision of their activities and property regime. The author identifies the advantages and disadvantages of the new legislative approach to the status of institutions.
1. О некоммерческих организациях : федеральный закон от 12.01.1996 № 7-ФЗ (ред....
Some Problems of Legal Treatment of Special Economic Zone in the Kaliningrad Region
... analyses the controversial provisions of the Law on Special Economic Zone in the Kaliningrad region and requirements to the residents of the Special Economic Zone. The author points out some problems of the practical application of special entrepreneurship regime faced by the residents.
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экономической зоне в Калининградской области и о внесении изменений в некоторые законодательные акты Российской ...
Local border traffic as an efficient tool for developing cross-border cooperation
... states and neighbouring countries. It emerged as a measure to mitigate the barrier effect of the EU’s external border. In 2006, the European Parliament authorised the EU member states to conclude bilateral 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 ...
Legal guarantees for international investment according to the legislation of the Russian Federation
This article analyses the notion and system of legal guarantees ensured by the foreign investments legislation, reviews its general feature, and focuses on the national regime for foreign investors,. The author draws a conclusion that the existing system of special guarantees for foreign investors is neither effective nor prudent.
1. Farkhutdinov, I. Z., Trapeznikov, V. A. 2006, Investicionnoe pravo [Investment Law],...
An assessment of the potential impact of the construction of a deepwater seaport on the hydrological regime of the Vistula lagoon
This article focuses on the level fluctuation in the Vistula Lagoon. In view of the planned construction of a deepwater seaport in its waters, the author emphasizes the negative impact on its hydrological regime: rise in the levels which could lead to the flooding of the territories adjoining the mouth of the Pregolya river, increase in salinity, extinction of hydrobionts, and destruction of the ecological systems.
1. Volcinger, V. E. Pjaskovskij, R. ...
Technological Metaphor and Communicative Models in Contemporary Russian Poetry
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[Arkady Dragomoshchenko Award. The website of the award. 2020.].
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Mobile Screens. The Visual Regime of Navigation.
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Orudie i znak v razvitii rebenka: sobranie sochinenii v 6 tomakh
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tool and sign in the development of the child. Collected works in 6 volumes]. Vol. 6.
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Military and political cooperation between Germany and Lithuania in the late 2010s to early 2020s
... These articles were perceived by the post-Soviet establishment in Vilnius as a factor leading to the temporary loss of sovereignty. In this regard, the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) has actively highlighted the fundamental differences from the Nazi regime in terms of its political nature and its attitude toward Lithuania.
At the end of the 1980s, official Bonn closely monitored the situation in the Baltic republics, particularly their declarations of sovereignty in 1988—1989 and their secession ...
Current status of the Eastern Baltic cod population Gadus morhua callarias Linnaeus, 1758
... review of scientific literature describing the state and dynamics of the Eastern Baltic cod population over the past 30 years has been conducted. The Eastern Baltic cod is one of the most important commercial species in the Baltic Sea. An ecological regime shift in the early 1990s, resulting from a reduction in the frequency of large North Sea inflows, led to a decrease in salinity and oxygen levels in the bottom layers of the deep basins of the Baltic Sea. This caused a sharp deterioration in ...
Professor Friedrich Münzer in Königsberg
... his life, Münzer taught at the universities of Basel, Königsberg, and Münster, demonstrating high creative activity and publishing numerous works on ancient history. His fate was tragic. Münzer became one of the victims of the National Socialist regime in Germany and died in the Theresienstadt concentration camp. The “Königsberg period” (1912—1921) in his career is characterized, this period involved teaching at Albertina University and the writing of several important scholarly works,...
The adaptation of Russian regions’ economies to the rupture of relations with Europe: the case of Baltic Sea ports
... passenger cars) displaying Russian license plates. In addition, the transshipment of containers with Russian cargo by rail at border crossings was limited. Ships flying the flags of EU countries were prohibited from entering Russian ports, a closed skies regime was introduced for the Russian air fleet, etc. EU countries have essentially abandoned imports from the Baltic ports of both large cargo consignments (oil cargo, coal, fertilizers, timber, etc.) and goods exported in small consignments.
Many experts,...
Three Russian Baltic regions in the context of confrontation between Russia and the West
... parts of Russia. In this context, the Kaliningrad region demonstrates a substantial surplus in exports to other regions of Russia compared to imports. This external relations structure mirrors the specificity of the Special Economic Zone, with varying regimes in effect since 1996. Import-substituting and export-oriented production directions depend on imported raw materials and semi-finished products. Notably, a significant portion of imports, including components for car assembly, parts for television ...
Geography of the mobile internet in the border and interior regions of Russia
... countries, such as China, Mongolia, and DPRK (comprising seven regions with tight borders).
4. Arctic regions and those with maritime borders with the United States and Japan, with a total of 13 regions, nine of which operate under the RF Arctic zone regime.
5. Other 34 interior regions.
Research Results
Regional disparity in mobile internet coverage
in the Russian Federation
The diversity of Russian regions by their socio-economic development and natural and geographical conditions makes the provision ...
Socio-geographic approach to substantiating economic security boundaries of a border region
... impact — constructive (potential-forming) or destructive (potential-destructive). The study shows that the economic security boundaries for a particular territory are determined by the ratio of various groups of factors in establishing the operating regime of the region in terms of its openness or closedness as a territorial system. We use the example of the exclave Kaliningrad region to identify the leading border functions, analyze changes in the economic security boundaries and propose key action ...
Formation of a reclamation layer at open-cast mining
... higher degree of saturation with bases. The mechanical composition of the fertile soil layer should be loamy or clayey. Within agriculturally-focused reclamation, the thickness of the reclamation layer should be 0.8—1.5 m, depending on the moisture regime and the type of crop grown. The thickness of the bulk fertile soil layer depends on its availability and should in all cases be at least 0.3 m, in the chernozem zone — 0.4 m. The thickness of the fertile soil layer can be reduced to 0.20 m when ...
Population change and the settlement system transformation in Poland, as revealed by the 2021 census
... the main “organizing centre” was Königsberg, present-day Kaliningrad.
Until the early 21st century, the eastern voivodeships had been developing more slowly than Poland in general, but still developing. However, with the introduction of a visa regime between Poland, having joined the Schengen zone, and Russia and Belarus the already established cross-border ties began to break up. This was predictable, but the Polish government took no measures to prevent it or minimize its consequences. ...
A typology of the Baltic region states according to excellence in science and technology
... passed since the collapse of the socialist bloc, and yet, the identified types of countries have not reached a level playing field. Post-socialist countries went through economic and social upheaval following the fall of the ‘people’s democracy’ regimes and the demise of the Soviet Union, which negatively impacted their STP progress.
Nevertheless, a closer examination of the data on funding structures and labour force revealed some differences. The post-socialist countries of the EU, namely Poland,...
Cross-border tourist mobility as seen by residents of the Karelian borderlands: COVID-19 restrictions
... mobility on the development of border regions of neighbouring states;
— interdisciplinary border studies: a comprehensive analysis of transboundary tourist mobility, including the effect of institutional, political and other factors on the border regime.
Along the Russian national border, these problems have been studied most extensively with a focus on the Russian–Polish [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], Russian–Estonian–Latvian [15], [16] and Russian–Chinese borderlands [4], [5], [17]. Although ...
The sea factor in the federal regulation of Russia’s spatial development: post-Soviet experience and current priorities
... others. These ports handled 40 % of Russia’s maritime cargo traffic [19]. As to regional policy, prompt action was needed on the Kaliningrad region, a territory detached from mainland Russia. Since the 1990s, its exclavity has been compensated by the regimes of free, and later special, economic zone and funding within the FTP for the region’s development. The very first year s of market transition highlighted the persistent problems of the Far East, which was no longer supported by the state as ...