Reputation core of Russian authorities: the case of the regional level of executive power
... formation of a consolidated system of political power and, on the other hand, with the highly social orientation of the category of the ‘reputation of authorities’, reflecting the value-based attitude of citizens towards them. The article presents the results of research aimed at the analysis of the reputation of Russian authorities, with a special focus on the regional branch of executive power. The paper examines the reputation of Russian authorities of different levels and branches using the example ...
The adaptation of Russian regions’ economies to the rupture of relations with Europe: the case of Baltic Sea ports
... as high technologies from European countries, hoping to modernize its national economy with their help. Foreign investors, mainly European, received significant preferences and benefits that helped them to take good positions in Russian markets. As a result, companies from European countries have opened a large number of their own and joint ventures in Russia to produce various goods and services [4]. For example, in 2014, over 6 thousand German companies operated in Russia with an accumulated investment ...
The Evolution of Settlement Areas of Ingrian Finns in Northwest Russia in the Second Half of the 20th Century
... a significant increase in the rates of degradation of the Ingiran settlement area in the post-Soviet period, identifies the factors behind it, and considers district differences in the rates of depopulation and assimilation of the Russian Finns. The results of research make it possible to foreground and describe in detail the available information on the spatial organisation of Russian Finnish population in the North-western region of Russia.
1. Anokhin, А. А., Khrushchev, S. А. 2003, Avtohtonnye ...
Cross-border tourist mobility as seen by residents of the Karelian borderlands: COVID-19 restrictions
... the border region of Karelia amid COVID-19 restrictions. The work draws on data of a municipal-level survey of the region’s population (575 people), conducted by the author in collaboration with Dr Ekaterina Shlapeko in 2021. Analysis of the survey results has confirmed the customariness of cross-border tourist mobility for the Karelians and the essential role it plays in their lives. These are manifested in regular trips to the neighbouring state, frequent contacts with Finnish travellers, marked ...
Population change and the settlement system transformation in Poland, as revealed by the 2021 census
... Poland between April 1st and September 30th 2021. In contrast to Russia, in Poland, participation in the census is mandatory, residents must give accurate, comprehensive and relevant answers to the census questions. Providing incorrect information can result in a fine or imprisonment for up to two years, refusal to provide the information required for the census is punishable by a fine, a fine is also imposed for failure to comply with the deadlines for providing the information (paragraph 1, Art. ...
Problems of using the results of an operational experiment and test purchase in proving a criminal case
The study presents the concept of the special evidentiary value of the results of operational experiments and test purchases. This is due to the fact that these actions reflect a criminal event carried out under the control of law enforcement authorities. To dispel doubts about the admissibility of documented results of ...
The border as a barrier and an incentive for the structural economic transformation of the Kaliningrad exclave
... and other Russian territories as they are now determined by not only bilateral agreements but the entire spectrum of relations between Russia and the Western community.
In this study, our objective is to analyse the effects of geopolitical shifts and resulting changes in border functions and regime on the Kaliningrad region’s economy, its structure, and its ability to adapt to new challenges. Additionally, we aim to explore options for restructuring the region’s economic and territorial framework,...
The Accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO: Geopolitical implications for Russia’s position in the Baltic Sea region
... after World War II) adhered to the policy of military non-alignment. In May 2022, they submitted applications for accession to NATO, and the Alliance summit in Madrid in June 2002 sent them official invitations to join NATO.
The situation emerging as a result of this development inevitably affects Russia’s position both in the Baltic region and in Europe as a whole. The geopolitical and military imbalance between the Russian Federation and the collective West is becoming even more obvious. NATO’s ...
Evaluating the efficiency of the research sector in Russian regions: a dynamic data envelopment analysis
... spanning from 2009 to 2020. Notably, the proposed evaluation method incorporates publication quality measures as a carry-over variable, in addition to accumulated R&D expenditure. The study employs dynamic data envelopment analysis to compare the obtained results with previous evaluations of the research and technology sector in Russian regions. The findings demonstrate that the proposed method serves as a valuable ranking technique, enhancing existing evaluations of regions’ research and technology ...
On the role of the results of operational search activities in contemporary criminal proceedings
The article is devoted to the analysis of the place and role of operational-investigative activities results (hereinafter — ORD) in modern criminal procedural law. The views established in science regarding the use of materials obtained in the course of conducting operational-search activities (hereinafter referred to as ORM), as well as existing ...
Results of surgical treatment of obstructive uropathies in children depending on the level and degree of obstruction
... 30, and refluxing ureterohydronephrosis in 26 patients. The transformation of the kidney and upper urinary tract in obstructive uropathy in children before and after surgical treatment was monitored with the help of ultrasound and X-ray methods. The results showed that in grade II urinary tract obstruction, the rate of good outcomes after reconstructive surgery was significantly higher than in grade III, regardless of the cause of the congenital obstruction. The frequency of satisfactory and ...
Geopolitical regionalisation of the Baltic area: the essence and historical dynamics
... habitually use the terms ‘region’ and ‘regionalisation’, each with slightly different interpretations within these domains of knowledge. They became interdisciplinary, evolving to refer to a special type of social territorial processes and their results. At the same time, discipline-specific definitions and derivative terminology developed, often diverging significantly from previously established terms. Yet we believe that human geography has sufficient methodological and theoretical capacities ...
Models for countering the segregation of ethnoreligious immigrant areas in Denmark and Sweden
... of official documents and critical examination of political discourses. It is noted that Swedish authorities are increasingly incorporating Denmark’s more radical approaches to address migration issues within their political programmes. Despite the results of Denmark’s anti-immigration policies and the reduction in the number of segregated immigrant areas, a myriad of issues persist due to EU immigration policies. The problem of forging a new civic identity rooted in the linguistic, religious ...
Confiscation Estonian style: legal and political aspects of potential seizure of Russian assets in EU countries
... Therefore, all these methods are unfeasible within the current legal framework. Yet, the main obstacle to implementing the plans to seize Russian sovereign assets lies not within the legal realm, but in the political sphere since such actions could result in unforeseeable ramifications. The mechanism proposed by the European Commission for seizing private property within the framework of criminal proceedings implies the use of criminal law to solve political problems, which is at variance with the ...
The relationship between student’s tendency to manipulation and the results of project activities in university education
The results of a scientific study are presented, with participants being students enrolled in the Bachelor's program in "State and Municipal Management," whose future professional activities are closely related to interpersonal relationships in ...
The impact of the food embargo on consumer preferences and cross-border practices in the Kaliningrad region
... advertising and joint purchase services, travel agency websites, regional news portals and blogs. The study found that rising prices for commodity groups falling under the import ban were the most significant change in the regional food market. As a result, the share of Kaliningrad and Belarusian manufacturers in the regional market basket of consumer goods rose dramatically, as the volume and range of products increased and new manufacturers entered the market. At the same time, the dependence of ...
The two-party tendency in Poland’s political system: manifestations, causes and prospects
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Manifestations of the ‘two-party tendency’ in Poland’s political system
I will begin by analysing some examples to demonstrate why Poland’s party system can be classified as a two-and-a-half rather than multiparty one. Firstly, the election results generally meet the necessary quantitative criteria. As was mentioned above, such a system is present if two main parties jointly control at least 80 % of the parliamentary seats. In case of Poland, of major importance is the distribution of seats ...
Geography of the mobile internet in the border and interior regions of Russia
... functioning. The problem of delimiting the boundaries of cyberspace makes it difficult to manage digital processes taking into account territorially determined needs and interests, while the current socio-economic unevenness of regional development results in the digital divide. Border regions, maneuvering within the dichotomy of ‘frontier — integration bridge’ models, can gain additional benefits from the development of digital infrastructure in the context of realizing their integration ...
Information and propaganda strategies in German non-state media discourse during the COVID-19 pandemic
... (January 2020 —March 2022). A total of 54,515 texts from the German media (Süddeutsche Zeitung, Die Zeit, Die Tageszeitung) were examined. Methodologically, the study draws on the Herman-Chomsky propaganda model and Jacques Ellul’s concept. The results show that non-state media employ different communication strategies in line with the filters of the Herman-Chomsky model. All the media outlets maintained a balance between propaganda and public outreach, supporting the Government’s biopolitical ...
Expansionism in Poland’s strategic culture: historical retrospective and variations
... the ‘besieged fortress’ concept. Secondly, the very culture of limited power politics has assumed some unique characteristics in the country: greater readiness to take risks and fascination with power actions. This state of affairs is largely a result of the contours of the regional project having been drawn for the neighbouring states mostly based on the negative type of consolidation (against the Muslims and later the Bolsheviks) and therefore never reaching a sufficient level of detail.
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Efficiency analysis of seaports in Russia’s Baltic basin: performance evaluation
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Methodology for conducting a comprehensive analysis of the efficiency of ports
The question of analyzing the efficiency of logistical activities in seaports is particularly relevant in light of the modern challenges faced by the Russian economy. Accurate results from performance evaluations of logistics activities in seaports will enable the timely identification of “bottlenecks” and the implementation of appropriate measures to eliminate them. Let us consider in more detail the methodological basis ...
France’s strategy in the Baltic region: military and political aspects
... Obichkina, “this choice contradicted the traditional geostrategy of the Fifth Republic, but France, not sharing it, did not actively resist it respecting the desire of the former socialist countries to break with the Soviet past” [6, p. 178]. As a result, Paris has to deal with a certain paradox: not considering it necessary to aggravate relations with Russia, French diplomacy nonetheless takes the path of confrontation being forced to gradually align itself with Eastern Europe (primarily with ...
Urban speech as an object of linguistic research: written and spoken varieties
... its spoken and written varieties as separate fields of study. These studies are marked with a high rate of activity and they highlight a new concept of the «regiolect» — a regional variety of the national language. The analysis of the scientific results of linguo-urbanistics reveals the dominance of the onomastic vector and obvious lack of research into urban speech. The authors specify discrepancies in the function of written and spoken language in linguistic, semiotic and psychological aspects....
Small towns of Latvia: disparities in regional and urban development
The article reports on the results of an economic and sociological study conducted by the Institute of Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences in collaboration with Daugavpils University (Latvia) in 2020—2021. The study aimed to identify the reasons for the disparity in ...
Quantitative analysis of parts of speech functioning of in Boris Ryzhy’s poetry
The article presents the results of counting and arranging parts of speech in Boris Ryzhy’s poems. The science article aims to identify and present an objective “part-of-speech picture” (as applied to nouns, adjectives and verbs) of Boris Ryzhy’s poetic idiolect. Within ...
Attractiveness of the Kaliningrad region: pull factors and reasons for disappointments of migrants from Russian regions
The Kaliningrad region’s attractiveness to migrants results in increasing external (international) and interregional migration. The interregional flow is a major contributor, accounting for approximately 60 per cent of the net migration gain. However, the age composition and professional qualification ...
Criminalistic characteristics of organized credit fraudster groups
... structure of criminal groups, reveals the forms of complicity inherent in credit fraudsters, united by a single illegal purpose, and also distinguishes between criminal associations whose activities are in various areas of credit relations.
Using the results of the study of credit fraud cases, the author describes the main categories of credit fraudster groups, names the features of their development and functioning and identifies the typical participants. The uniqueness of this research paper is ...
Methodology for processing the results of expert assessment of information security threats
The paper analyzes the possibilities of assessing information security threats based on the methodology of the FSTEC of Russia in terms of processing the results of the work of the expert group. A method for translating linguistic variables into numerical values based on the Harrington desirability function is proposed. The use of the mathematical basis makes it possible to optimize the process of processing ...
The population of the Kaliningrad region and the digital economy: a sociological analysis
... the economic performance.
The study aims at conducting a sociological analysis of the region’s population as a participant in digital transformation. It employs the questionnaire survey method with 384 respondents selected by quota sampling. The results show that slightly over a half of the population has a positive attitude to digitalisation, while about 20% believe that the digital economy leads to the degradation of society. The respondents named the development of the high-tech economy the ...
Implementation of the INTERREG program in the Kaliningrad region and neighboring countries: a brief overview
... Programme 2014—2020 have been the research subjects. The authors have identified the most active actors of cross-border cooperation from the Kaliningrad region and the border regions of Lithuania and Poland and have compared the outcomes with the results of the previous Cross-Border Cooperation (CBC) Programmes. The research has recognized the municipalities constantly participating in the projects, aimed at promoting social and economic development and strengthening international cooperation....
Intellectualization of operational and technological control of regional electric power by cognitive hybrid intelligent systems. Part 1
... in human intelligence in operational work, by supplementing the operator's natural abilities to process operational and technological information by software and hardware (mechanisms) that expand human thought processes. This paper presents the results of the work of the first stage of the second year of the research on the topic of cognitive hybrid intelligent systems. Namely, results of the study of the operational and technological control system of the regional electric power system, results ...
Estimating the accuracy of standard volume calculations using liver volumetry
This article estimates the accuracy of various formulas used to calculate the standard volume of the liver. The authors identify formulas most adequate for a comparison with volumetry results obtained using JT Childs’s easy-touse formula. The study employed the anthropometric data (age, sex, and weight) and the calculations of body height, body surface area (BSA), and liver sizes of 36 healthy volunteers. The volume of the liver ...
The history of the integration between Russia’s Kaliningrad region and Poland’s northeastern voivodeships: A programme approach
This article considers the development of integration between Russia’s Kaliningrad region and Poland’s northeastern voivodeships in 1946—2016. The authors set out to identify the main results of Russian-Polish cross-border cooperation in the context of the changing historical and political paradigms in the Baltic region. The authors conduct a brief historical analysis of this sphere of international relations. The genesis of integration ...
Local border traffic and the development of retail trade in the Kaliningrad region and Polish borderlands
... retail trade as a structural element of economy, it is important to address the differences in the effect LBT has had on the development of this sector in the Kaliningrad region and the neighbouring Polish voivodeships. According to Russian experts, LBT results in 7-20% losses in the Kaliningrad region’s retail sales, whereas in Poland LBT stimulates retail trade (accounting for 12% of sales in the border voivodeships). This article analyses the role of LBT in the development of retail trade in the ...
Mathematical processing of measurements results in a laboratory practical work
The problems connected to a technique of mathematical processing of measurements results in a laboratory practical work are considered. The purpose of measurements results processing is optimization of procedure of random error calculation.
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The Development of Russian Social Geography: Challenges, Trends, Priorities
... disciplinary changes. On the one hand, it has widened its scope. On the other hand, it has suffered from a growing contradiction between the popularization of the social geographic knowledge, the need to have a clear understanding of the factors and results of a multi-scale territorial social and economic dynamics, and the limits of the field (with its organizational structure, possibilities and practitioners desperately falling behind the times). The aim of this article is to analyze the post-soviet ...
Social Facilitation: the Kaliningrad Region and Russian Mainland Regions
The authors look at the concept of social facilitation as a possible component of Russian social consolidation in the course of social reforms. The article focuses on the results of an empirical study of the levels and characteristics of competence in social facilitation, which is here understood as the ability to apply certain knowledge and systems of skills and as a success rate of actions based on experience in improving ...
Federal Repatriation Programme in the Kaliningrad region: an Assessment of Risks and Opportunities
This article presents the results of comprehensive research the migration situation in the region and the practices of migration management in the framework of risk theory within modern society studies. The key target group of the study are the migrants who have arrived to the ...
University performance and regional development: the case of Russia’s North-West
... performance. This study aims to evaluate the performance of regional universities and examine its impact on regional socio-economic indicators. The paper proposes a methodology for evaluating the performance of regional universities and presents the results of its application in the regions of Russia’s Northwestern Federal District. The universities of the Arkhangelsk region and St Petersburg demonstrated the highest performance levels, whilst those of the Leningrad region were the lowest. Correlation ...
You know how to speak, be able to listen! Inefficiency of communication as a result of violation of the principle of active listening
... communicants’ actions. The effective use of active listening techniques is conditioned by a set of communicative-pragmatic factors, including socio-psychological characteristics of communicants, the situation, and the interaction topic. The obtained results showed that non-compliance / violation of active listening rules and principles hinders the establishment and maintenance of contact between interlocutors throughout the communication process. Such deviations lead to a disruption of the unity ...
Knowledge and innovation dynamics of the Northwest Russia under geopolitical changes
... in ‘accepting’ and ‘transmitting' external innovations [6]. Current processes are steadily changing the capabilities, external relations and functions of Northwest Russia since it is here that the ‘fragility’ of cross-border interactions (resulting from the geopolitical and geoeconomic reformatting of the Eurasian space) is most clearly manifested [7].
The St. Petersburg agglomeration and the surrounding regions are expected to be the first to feel the consequences of the crisis [8]. Considering ...
The specifics of psychological atmosphere within inclusive groups of university students
The description and results of an empirical study conducted within two inclusive student groups at the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University are presented. The instrument used for this research was the “Psychological Atmosphere in the Group Scale” (F. Fiedler’s scale ...
Spatial differentiation of rural territories in the Kaliningrad region: implications for socio-economic policies
... and social development of cities and districts of the Kaliningrad region. Kaliningrad: Kaliningradstat, 2011 ; Estimated population of the Kaliningrad region as of 1 January 2023, based on the recalculation of the 2020 All-Russian Population Census results, 2023, Kaliningradstat, URL:
https://39.rosstat.gov.ru/statistical_news/document/203423
(accessed 09.06.2023).
Comparing the population change in rural and urban areas reveals that the differences between the territories are minimal when it ...
Economic development of Russia’s north-western regions and migration to the St. Petersburg agglomeration
... did not significantly impact traditional industries, such as manufacturing, agriculture, and forestry, which remained at the core of NWFD regions’ economic success. St. Petersburg’s higher economic efficiency compared to Moscow and Helsinki was a result of greater investments in manufacturing.
Introduction
Russia’s population is not growing, yet its concentration in major cities, primarily Moscow, St. Petersburg, and regional hubs, is on the rise. This trend is prevalent in both developing ...
Professor Kalinnikov’s opus magnum. Book Review: Leonard A. Kalinnikov, Filosofskaya sistema Kanta. Zamysel i itogi [Kant’s Philosophical System. Conception and Results].
Kalinnikov, L. A., 2021. Filosofskaya sistema Kanta. Zamysel i itogi [Kant’s Philosophical System. Conception and Results]. Kaliningrad: IKBFU Press. (In Rus.)
Kant, I., 2008. Universal Natural History and Theory of the Heavens. Translated by I. Johnston. Arlington: Richer Resources Publications.
Kant, I., 1998. Critique of Pure Reason. Edited and translated by P....
Modern trends in paradiplomacy: a case of Russian-Finnish regional cooperation
... of these criteria, therefore, they are referred to as twin cities in academic literature [25], [26] and legal documents.<1>
After the Second World War, the Soviet-Finnish border was redrawn. Then, two cities, Imatra and Svetogorsk, emerged as a result of partition and duplication. The settlement cluster around the Finnish industrial town of Enso was once a single entity. However, after the war, the settlement was divided into two cities on different sides of the state border. The part of the ...
Artificial Intelligence: a catalyst for entrepreneurship education in the Baltics
... elaborated by the authors based on the data of Scopus and Web of Science databases.
Within the Baltic region, Estonia was the sole representative in this distribution of scientific activity pertaining to students’ entrepreneurial potential, achieving a result of “1”.
The results shown in Figure 2 confirm the interest of scientists from various fields of science in the topic of “entrepreneurial potential of students using artificial intelligence”. The majority of the publications are related ...
A part outside the whole? (To Anton Zimmerling's article “Really: syntactics without semiotics?”)
... oktyabrya 2011 goda) [Actual problems of modern cognitive science. Materials of the fourth All-Russian scientific-practical conference with international participation (October 20—21, 2011)]. Ivanovo, pp. 252—266 (in Russ.).
Chebanov, S. V., 2012. Results of the development of biosemiotics. In: Gatherings in Biosemiotics. Tartu, pp. 174—175.
Chebanov, S. V., 2014. The course of hermeneutics in the cycle of specialized disciplines in the training of specialists in applied linguistics. In: Vestnik ...
Emission levels and identification of NOx and SO2 sources in the South-eastern Baltic on the results of observations at the background monitoring station Diabla Góra (Poland)
... application of a conditional probability function, and inverse trajectories were considered to analyze the data and identify emission sources. The average concentration of NOx and SO2 for the study period was 2.12 µg/m3 and 0.27 µg/m3, respectively. The results showed a definite pattern for daily and monthly variations, with peaks in the morning hours and at the beginning and end of the year (January and December, respectively). The main identified sources of NOx and SO2 emissions were located south ...
Expressiveness in the theatre as a meaning-making technology and the role of gestures in its realization
... Alexander Vampilov, Alexander Kazantsev, Natalya Sadur, and to two public readings of the play “A man from Podolsk” by Dmitry Danilov, with the total duration of 740 minutes. The focus is on gesture as a pivotal semiotic resource of the theatre. The results of the comparative quantitative analysis show the difference (i) in the gesture patterns and (ii) the frequency of their usage in the two kinds of theatrical discourse. The qualitative results are obtained with the help of the parametric analysis ...