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• Innovation performance of Russia’s Northwestern regions: a comparative evaluation

  ..., Towards a multivariate innovation index, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, vol. 27, no. 3, p. 254—272. doi: https://doi.org/ 10.1080/10438599.2017.1331788 . 14. Meyer, D.F., Jongh, J. De, Meyer, N. 2016, The formulation of a composite regional development index, International journal of business and management studies, vol. 8, no. 1, p. 100—116. 15. Majerováa, I. 2018, Regional development and its measurement in Visegrad Group countries, DETUROPE, no. 10 (2), p. 17—37. 16. Gohberg, L. ...

• The Role of Tourism in the Development of Russia’s Northwestern Border Regions

  ... and prospects of tourism industry in Russia], Vestnik Instituta economiki RAN [Bulletin of the Institute of Economics], no. 4, p. 193—208. 2. Aleksandrova, A. Yu. 2014, Turistskie “lovushki” regionalnogo razvitiya. [Tourist "trap" of regional development], Iniciativa XXI veka [Initiative of the XXI century], no. 2, p. 52—57. 3. Aleksandrova, A. Yu., Stupina, O. S. 2014. Turistskoe regionovedenie: Vliyanie regionalnoy integracii na mirovoy turistskiy rynok [Tourist regional studies: the impact ...

• Towards a Stable and Dynamic Economy in the Kaliningrad Region

  ... affected by external factors. This work aims to estimate the current economic situation in the region and explore possible ways to increase the stability of regional economy. The study employs economic statistical methods and identifies factors affecting regional development. The author analyses the dependence of the manufacturing industry on customs and tax privileges under the law On the Special Economic Zone in the Kaliningrad region and federal programmes supporting the development of manufacturing and social ...

• Structural Changes in the Economy of the Russian Northwest: Spatial Dimension

  ... Differentsiatsiya regionov Rossii i problemy razvitiya prigranichnykh regionov [Differentiation of Russian regions and issues of development of border regions], Problemy strategii i taktiki regional'nogo razvitiya [Problems of strategy and tactics of regional development], T. 2, p.153—162. 9. Chasovskiy, V. I. 2015, Key Directions of Sectoral and Spatial Changes in the Russian Industry, Balt. Reg., no. 3, p. 121—134. DOI: 10.5922/2079-8555-2015-3-10. 10. Shishkin, A. I., Shishkin, A. A. 2015, Upravleniye ...

• Trade Liberalisation and its Impact on Regional Development: Theoretical and Experimental Studies

  ... interconnections between international trade, trade liberalisation, and economic development provides ample evidence pertaining to nations and industries. However, another dimension of trade liberalisation — the assessment of the level of national or regional development — needs further research. This article sets out to analyse theoretical and empirical research works focusing on a varied spatial effect of expanding international trade on national economies and identifies factors affecting regional development....

• The development of Kaliningrad regional economy: A new stage of restructuring

  ... the regional strategy to changing conditions. This article sets out to evaluate the stages of regional economy development and the methods of its modernisation and restructuring in view of accumulated experience in reacting to changes in conditions of regional development. The authors analyse complex statistical data from 1990—2012 and the modern condition of the Kaliningrad regional economy compared to the national average. The article relies heavily on the results of the survey of specialists working in ...

• Socioeconomic typology of Russia’s coastal regions

  ... of this study stems from the importance of Russia’s coastal regions for the development of the national economy and foreign economic ties. There are significant differences between coastal regions, which should be taken into account when devising a regional development policy. The article aims to identify specific features of Russia’s coastal regions, compare them with other national regions, provide a typology of them, and identify possibilities and areas of their socioeconomic development. The author ...

• Clusters in the institutional perspective: on the theory and methodology of local socioeconomic development

  ... new to the regional science phenomena as innovative and “transborder” clusters. 1. Gareev, T. R. 2007, «Voshodjawie» modeli regional'nogo razvitija, lokal'nye proizvodstvennye sistemy i razvitie malogo i srednego biznesa [«Rising» model of regional development, local production systems and development of small and medium businesses]. In: Kaliningradskaja oblast': na puti k regional'nym programmam MBA/MPA [Kaliningrad region: towards regional programs MBA / MPA], Kaliningrad, Izd-vo RGU im. I. Kanta,...

• Cross-border Specialization of Interregional Interaction: Applying New Assessment Methods

  Cross-border cooperation as a type of interregional interaction is becoming a significant factor in the development of border regions. It can be viewed as a result of intensification of cross-border contacts and greater economic openness of cross-border regions. Thus, the roots of current development are quite easy to pinpoint. However, assessment of the impact of cross-border ...

• Project approach in transboundary tourism-and-recreation region building: the case of Karelia

  ... for the study. The research aims to measure the contribution of international projects run in 1990—2020 to transboundary region building in the Karelian borderlands. The analysis of 80 international municipal projects shows that they gave a boost to region building and development in the study area. Common trends and specific features of international projects carried out in Karelian municipalities have been identified in the context of transboundary tourism-and-recreation region building. The findings add to a comprehensive ...

• Clusters in the system of economic and innova­tion development of agriculture in the Rostov Region and the Krasnodar Re­gion

  The issue of regional development involves the study of growth drivers in a competitive, innovative and open environment. In these conditions, cluster forms of integration are considered as centers of economic and innovative re­gional development. The article examines a specialized ...

• Social and Economic Space Compression in Border Areas: the Case of the Northwestern Federal District

  ... Reality]. In: Artobolevsky, S. S., Sintserov, L. M. (eds.), Szhatie social'no-jekonomicheskogo prostranstva: novoe v teorii regional'nogo razvitija i praktike ego gosudarstvennogo regulirovanija [Compression of the socio-economic area: a new theory of regional development and its practice of state regulation], Moscow, p. 32—48. 2. Edinyj gosudarstvennyj reestr pochv Rossii [Unified State Register of Russian soil], available at: http://atlas.mcx.ru/materials/egrpr/content.html (accessed 10.03.2015). 3. Yepifanova,...

• Commodity flow model for an exclave region: Rent-seeking in the ‘transitional period’ of the special economic zone

  ... Review, no. 7, p. 53—67. 2. Fedorov, G., Korneevets, V., Zverev, Yu. 2011, Kaliningrad oblast of Russia in the transborder region South-Eastern Baltic, Regiony Nadmorskie, no. 19. 3. Gareev, T. 2013, The Special economic zone in the Kaliningrad region: development tool or institutional trap? Baltic Journal of Economics, no. 2. 4. Harrigan, F., McGilvray, J. W., McNicoll, I. H. 1981, The Estimation of Interregional Trade Flows, Journal of Regional Science, no. 21(1), p. 65—78. 5. Hewings, G. 1983,...

• Opportunities for sustainable economic development of the coastal territories of the Baltic Sea Region in the context of digital transformation

  ... [Moscow economic journal], no. 8, online resource. doi: 10.24411/2413-046Х-2019—13034 (in Russ.) 17. Tretyakova, E. A., Miroliubova, T. V., Myslyakova, Yu. G., Shamova, E. A. 2018, Methodical Approach to the Complex Assessment of the Sustainable Region Development in the Condition of Greening the Economy, Vestnik UrFU, Seriya ekonomika I upravlinie [UrFU Bulletin, Economics and management series], vol. 17, no. 4. p. 651—669. doi 10.15826/vestnik.2018.17.4.029 (In Russ.). 18. Shayakhmetov, M. S. 2017,...

• The assessment and factors of increase in innovative competitiveness of Latvian regions

  ... Latvia’s regions and considers methods as well as experience of evaluation and improvement of the competitiveness of Latvia’s regions. The authors describe priorities and tools for regional innovative development and analyze conditions affecting regional development in the country. This work takes into account the current priority of the European Union — innovation and development of socioeconomic activity aimed at enhancing the competitiveness and attractiveness of European regions. This study sets ...

• Matrix Representation of the Kaliningrad Regional Accounts System: Experimental Development and Modelling Prospects

  ... jeffektov: Habarovskij kraj [The study of regional macroeconomic proportions and multiplicative effects: Khabarovsk region], Prostranstvennaja jekonomika [Spatial Economics], no. 2, p. 44—66. 2. Voloshenko, K., Kuznetsova, A. 2014, The Balance Model of Regional Development Management in Certain Territorial Conditions: Development and Application, Balt. Reg., no. 3, p. 4—21. DOI: 10.5922/2079-8555-2014-3-1. 3. Voloshenko, K. Yu, Kuznetsova, A. L. 2014, Balansovaja model' upravlenija regional'nym razvitiem: ...

• Spatial structure and development of settlements in the Saint Petersburg agglomeration

  ... 166—174 (in Russ.). 20. Lappo, G.M. 1971, Trends in the development of settlement in the Moscow region, Voprosy geografii [Geography issues], no. 87 (in Russ.). 21. Pertsik, E.N., Makhrova, A.G. 1988, Second-order agglomerations in the Moscow metropolitan region: development, boundaries, interconnections, Voprosy geografii [Geography issues], no. 131, p. 56—63 (in Russ.). 22. Fujita, M., Ogawa, H. 1982, Multiple equilibria and structural transition of non-monocentric urban configurations, Regional Science and ...

• Improving Human Resource Training Policy for the Balanced Economic and Demographic Development of the Kaliningrad Region

  ... Baltike: 1990—2012 gody [Russia on the Baltic Sea: 1990—2012 years], Kaliningrad, 252 p. 17. Jantarnyj ostrov Rossii [Amber island of Russia],1994, Kaliningrad, Oblstat, 324 pс. 18. Gareev, T. 2013, The Special Economic Zone in the Kaliningrad Region: Development Tool or Institutional Trap? Baltic Journal of Economics, Vol. 13, no. 2, p. 113—130. 19. Fedorov, G. 2014, The concept of geo-demographic situation and geo-demographic typology of the subjects of the Russian Federation, Bulletin of Geography,...

• Strategic perspectives for the territorial development of the Baltic Sea Region

  The article describes the motives, objectives and findings of preparing a perspective for territorial development of the Baltic Sea Region and discusses issues related to its implementation. Particular attention is paid to Northwest Russia and Kaliningrad region. Promoting innovation clusters, metropolitan networks and urban-rural partnerships, improving accessibility as well as enhancing ...

• Tourism in Border Regions: Theoretical Aspects of a Geographical Study

  ... [Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Education], no. 1, available at: mino.esrae.ru/157-643 (accessed 11.09.2016). (In Russ) 4. Katrovsky, А. P., Sergutina, S. А. 2014, Geographical boundaries and Tou­rism, Turizm i regional'noe razvitie [Tourism and Regional Development], no. 7, Smo­lensk, p. 49—54. (In Russ) 5. Kovalev, Yu. P. 2011, The tourist and recreational potential and development of tourism in the Russian-Belarusian border zone, Regional'nye issledovaniya [Re­gional studies], no. 4, p. 133—143....

• The Coastal Regions of Europe: Economic Development at the Turn of the 20th Century

  ... geo-ecological zoning of territorial recreation systems in coastal areas], St. Petersburg. 4. Bezrukov, L. А. 2006, Kontinental'no-okeanicheskaja dihotomija v mezhdunarodnom i regional'nom razvitii [Continental-oceanic dichotomy in the international and regional development], doctoral dissertation thesis, Irkutsk. 5. Bezrukov, L. А. 2008, Kontinental'no-okeanicheskaja dihotomija v mezhdunarodnom i regional'nom razvitii [Continental-oceanic dichotomy in the international and regional development], Novosibirsk....

• Approaches to the Definition of the Baltic Sea Region

  ... okeany [Atlas of the Oceans: The Atlantic and Indian Oceans], 1977, Moscow, 333 p. (In Russ.) 2. Bezrukov, L. А. 2008, Kontinental'no-okeanicheskaya dikhotomiya v mezhdunarodnom i regional'nom razvitii [Continental-oceanic dichotomy in international and regional development], Novosibirsk, 369 p. (In Russ.) 3. Druzhinin A. G., Lachininsky S. S., Krasnov A. I., Sorokin I. S., 2016, Polarization of the settlement system in the coastal zone of the Leningrad Region in 1989—2015, Izvestiya vysshikh uchebnykh zavedenii....

• The system approach to modernisation and innovative regional development: strategic objectives

  ... the absence of laws, strategies and uniform terminology regarding modernization and innovations. The author examines the factors affecting the content of these terms, describes the system approach to modernization and regional innovative development, develops regional methodology and identifies the strategic targets for modernisation and innovative development. 1. Aganbegyan, А. G. 2010, Uroki krizisa: Rossii nuzhna modernizacija i innovacionnaja jekonomika [Lessons from the crisis: Russia needs modernization ...

• The influence of the sea on the economic development and settlement structure in the Baltic Sea region

  ... geographical and socio-economic development problems], Vladivostok, p. 84—93. (In Russ.) 5. Bezrukov, L. A. 2008, Kontinental'no-okeanicheskaya dikhotomiya v mezhdunarodnom i regional'nom razvitii [Continental-oceanic dichotomy in international and regional development], Novosibirsk. (In Russ.) 6. Bondarenko, V. S. 1981, Economic and geographical study of coastal zones, Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seria 5, Geografia, no. 1, p. 77—81. (In Russ.) 7. Gogoberidze, G. G. 2007, Kompleksnoeregionirovanie ...

• The development of bioeconomy of the Baltic Region in the context of regional and global climate change

  ... successfully adapt bioeconomy to climate change. Sustainable development of bioeconomy can provide considerable opportunities for mitigating climate change. von Braun J., Mirzabaev A. climate change, adaptation, mitigation, bioeconomy, geography, Baltic region, sustainable development 20-35 10.5922/2079-8555-2019-4-2

• The changing role of border regions in the regional policies of the EU and Russia

  ... 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, the development of cross-border cooperation is affected more strongly by national security concerns than by economic growth considerations. Cross-border cooperation is no longer part of the regional policy. Border regions, however, have received an increasing ...

• Human Resource Efficiency as a Development Factor for the Kaliningrad Economy

  ... through improvement of the professional training system. 1. Voloshenko, К.Yu., Kuznetsova, А. L. 2014, Balansovaja model' upravlenija regional'nym razvitiem: problemy i novye vozmozhnosti dlja specificheskih territorial'nyh uslovij [Balance model of regional development management: challenges and opportunities for specific site conditions], Regional'nye issledovanija [Regional studies], no. 3 (45), p. 126—135. 2. Gareev T. R., Yeliseeva N. A. 2014, Commodity flow model for an exclave region: Rent-seeking ...

• A Situational Approach to Strategic Management and Monitoring of Regional and Urban Development

  Through a situational approach to strategic management of regional and urban development it is possible to identify the interaction between the managerial process and mechanism; bring together the spatial and activity-related concepts of territorial development; and explain the phenomenon in question from both general and specific ...

• Cross-Border Cooperation in the Kaliningrad region: Problems and Prospects

  ... neighborhood policy. The already gained extensive and varied experience of the participation of the Kaliningrad region in the IN-TERREG Programme contributed to the socio-economic development of the region. The new financial tools should be linked to the regional development strategies of the neighboring territories. Efficient use of both Russian and the EU funds will help develop a new technology for regional development of North-West Russia. Plyukhin Mikhail the Kaliningrad region, cross-border cooperation,...

• Construction of transport and energy networks in the Baltic region as an impetus for regional development

  ... post-communist countries of the Baltic Region. Which, in its turn, allowed the Nordic investors to expand their domestic markets. The analysis also shows that the experience of private businesses proves a recent theoretical concept — the pyramid of regional development factors. As a result, the actual regional policy of the EU cannot be considered in the narrow sense of the Cohesion Policy alone. 1. Joenniemi, P. 2010, The EU strategy for the Baltic region: where are we now? Balt. Reg., no 2, 39—42. doi: ...

• The concept of “network” in the system of basic concepts of regional economic geography

  ... 24. Cooke, P. 2001, Regional innovation systems, clusters and the knowledge economy, Industrial and corporate change, no. 10 (4), p. 945—974. 25. Czamanski, S., Czamanski, D. 1977, Industrial complexes: their typology, structure and relation to regional development, Papers of the regional science association, no. 38, p. 93—111. 26. Delgado, М., Porter, М. Е., Stern, S. 2014, Defining Clusters of Related Industries, NBER Working Paper, no. 20375, August 2014, available at: http://www.nber. org/papers/w20375 ...

• The assessment of research and technical potential in the framework of the innovative model of development of regional economy

  ... technological potential, and the achieved level of innovative activity in the Kaliningrad region as prerequisites necessary for the implementation of an innovative model of economy. This work identifies the problems of the research and technological potential development of the region, as well as a low level of development of the innovative activity in the Kaliningrad region in general and compared to the Baltic Sea region states. The authors also focus on the prerequisites for the development of research and technological cooperation ...

• The Development of International Tourism in Lithuania: a Comparative Analysis of Regional Aspects

  ... 2010, Saeima of the Republic of Latvia, 107 p. 22. Unwin, T. 1996, Tourist Development in Estonia: Images, Sustainability and Integrated Rural Development, Tourism Management, Vol. 17, no. 4, p. 265—276. Spiriajevas Eduardas International tourism, development, Lithuania, regional comparison, Baltic States, Kaliningrad region 82-90 10.5922/2079-8555-2013-1-8

• The influence of the transport factor on the investment competitiveness of coastal regions in the European part of Russia.

  ... attractiveness. Using the classical economic and geographical research methods, the authors come to the conclusion that result-wise the regions under study are heterogeneous. Gumenyuk I. S., Samusenko D. N. coastal regions, European Russia, factors of regional development, trans­port system, foreign direct investment 21-34

• The boundaries of the territorial community

  ... countries // Technological dynamism in industrial districts: An alternative approach to industrialization in developing countries? N. Y. ; Geneva, 1994. P. 91—142. 37. Becattini G. The industrial district as a creative milieu // Industrial Change and Regional Development / ed. by G. Benko, M. Dunford. L., 1991. P. 102—114. 38. Becattini G. The Marshallian industrial district as a socio-economic notion // Industrial Districts and Inter-firm Cooperation in Italy / ed. by F. Pyke, G. Becattini, W. Sengenberger....

• Processes of convergence and divergence in the regions of the European Union: features and qualimetry

  ... Oxford University Press, 2005. 17. Paas, T., Kuusk, A., Schlitte, F. 2004, Modelling Regional Income Convergence in EU-25, University of Tartu, available at: http://www.ecomod.org/files/papers/1388.pdf (accessed 21 June 2011). 18. Szörfi, B. 2007, Development and Regional Disparities — Testing the Williamson Curve Hypothesis in the European Union, Focus on European Economic Integration, p. 100—121, available at: http://www.oenb.at/de/img/feei_2007_2_ szoerfi_tcm14—79074.pdf (accessed 15 November 2011). ...

• Geography of international clusters in the Baltic region

  ... a hypothesis about the prerequisites of their formation. The methodological framework of the research is an integrated case study. The article considers the processes of transboundary and transnational regionalisation in the countries of the Baltic region aimed at the development of international clusters. ‘International cluster’ is defined as a new form of spatial economy. The author identifies and maps organised international clusters and cluster initiatives in the Baltic Sea region countries. The international ...

• In pursuit of an innovation development trajectory of the Kaliningrad region

  ... analyse the innovation system of the Kaliningrad region at its inception. The Kaliningrad case is of considerable interest for a study into the patterns and characteristics of the governance of innovation systems — a management paradigm aimed to promote regional development during a change in their functioning mode. In this work, I analyse the current structure of the Kaliningrad regional innovation system, of which some elements date back to the Soviet period, paying particular attention to the subsequent change ...

• Cooperation between Russia and the EU in the field of innovative development of tourism: the case of the Lithuania — Poland — Russia cross-border cooperation programme

  ... tourism development in the border regions of Russia and the EU countries. A number of projects have been implemented under the supervision and with the participation of the author. The article focuses on the role of innovative types of tourism in the regional development of territories in the case of the Kaliningrad region. The current approaches to defining tourism innovations in Russian and international studies are not comprehensive and do not reflect the essence of innovative processes. Innovative development ...

• Migration and the Transformation of Multiethnic Population Structure in the Kaliningrad Region of the Post-Soviet Era

  ... associated with different ethnic groups. The author identifies major reasons behind the incoming and outgoing movement of population. In the post-Soviet period the Kaliningrad region has experienced positive net migration. This active migration into the region has contributed to the development of “migration networks” and established a new basis for further population increase through migration. The article describes changes in the regional multiethnic population structure and identifies key factors behind them. It is concluded ...

• Innovative development of Russian coastal regions: north–south divergence

  ... heterogeneity of innovative development at municipal and interregional levels, using four groups of indicators: human capital, economic growth and clustering, innovation and digitalisation, and quality and standards of living. All these components are vital for regional innovative development. A statistical assessment is supplemented by a qualitative analysis of spatial patterns of innovation capital accumulation; the agglomeration factor is taken into account. It is shown that northern and southern coastal regions perform very ...

• A spatial study of networking in the Vistula Lagoon region using geoinformation systems

  ... form of unlocking the economic and natural potential of territories — is rapidly developing in Russia under the influence of global processes. Due to its unique geopolitical position, the Kaliningrad region is one of the regions where such networks develop at both the regional and international levels. When studying such forms of cooperation, the traditional methods of social sciences as research tools are not sufficient, which is explained by the dynamic nature of network cooperation as well as the fact that it involves ...

• Innovative development priorities of the major coastal agglomerations of the European part of Russia

  ... regions is under the growing influence of the agglomeration factor and the coastalization factor, which results in polarizing the innovation space around large cities and urban agglomerations in the coastal zone. Coastal agglomerations act as drivers for regional development, concentrating a significant part of the population, eco­nomic entities, scientific, technological, and financial infrastructure, drawing resources from other municipalities. This makes the innovation space uneven, promoting an internal innovation ...

• Transboundary Clusters in the Coastal Zones of the European Part of Russia: Inventory, Typology, Factors, and Prospects

  ... Cross-Border Regional Innovcational System: An Institutional Perspective, Conference paper RSA European Comference, Tampere. 13. McDonald, F., Tsagdis, D., Huang, D. 2006, The development of industrial clusters and public policy, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, Vol. 18, no. 6, p. 525—542. 14. Vazhenin, S. G., Sukhikh, V. V. 2009, Difficulties in the formation of clusters in Russia, Ekonomika regiona [Economy of the region], no. 2, p. 169—179. (in Russ.) 15. Kotlyarova, S. N. 2012, The practice ...

• Innovation centres as growth points for smaller towns and rural areas

  ..., for example, the law «On the production policy of the Kaliningrad region». 1. Beketov, N. V. 2002, Nauchno-innovacionnye sistemy regionov: problemy formirovanija i razvitija [Research and innovation systems of regions: problems of formation and development], Innovacii v regione [Innovations in the region], no. 9, p. 8—15. 2. Bildina, О. В. 2007, Rol' tehnoparkov v processe kommercializacii tehnologicheskih innovacij [The role of technology parks in the commercialization of technological innovations], Integral, no....

• Economic and Geographical Structure of the Baltic Sea region

  ... of the most developed transnational regions. It comprises the coastal areas of Russia, Germany, and Poland and the entire territories of Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. New spatial forms of international economic cooperation develop in the region. The region is not homogeneous in terms of socioeconomic development, thus there are certain differences in the areas and the intensity of international cooperation. The article sets out to identify structural characteristics of the Baltic Sea ...

• The role of International trade in improving the competitiveness of Saint Petersburg

  ... factors in Russian regions, Prioritetnye nauchnye napravleniya: ot teorii k praktike [Priority research areas: from theory to practice], no. 17, p.192—198. (in Russ.) 25. Limonov, L. E. (ed.) 2014, Regional'naya ekonomika i prostranstvennoe razvitie [Regional economy and spatial development], T. 1, Moscow, p. 292. (in Russ.) 26. Savinova, O. V. 2014, Regional competition and pessimistic forecasts of the state of the economic climate in the regions of Russia, Vestnik Tambovskogo universiteta. Ser. Gumanitarnye nauki [Bulletin ...

• Human Development Index as a Tool to Assess Social Development in the Baltic States

  ... rational development rankings? Evidence from efficiency rankings in super efficiency model, Social Indicators Research, no. 116(2), p. 647—658. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-013-0285-z Gumenyuk I. S. national social development, Baltic region, human development index 45-57 10.5922/2079-8555-2017-3-4

• The role of the Kaliningrad region in the development of Russian-German relations

  ... International Conference on Transborder Cooperation: the Russian Federation, the European Union, and Norway (September 22—23, 2011, Kaliningrad). The article considers topical issues of Russian-German economic and cultural relations in the Kaliningrad region, which facilitate the development of Russian strategy for the integration of northwestern constituent entities into the economic and cultural space of the Baltic region. 1. Demograficheskij ezhegodnik Kaliningradskoj oblasti 2010 [Demographic Yearbook of the Kaliningrad region ...

• On Essence and Correlation of "Region" and "International", "Transnational", and "Transboundary" Region Concepts

  ... authors suggest differentiating between integral and industrial zoning. Correspondingly, regions (integral regions) and industrial regions are distinguished within a state. The interaction of several states results in the emergence of transnational regions, while the development of mutual connections between international regions brings to the formation of transboundary regions. Regions, including international (transboundary and transnational) ones have a certain hierarchy but, unlike national regions that cover ...