Concepts of social support: positive and negative effects of social relations in the context of subjective well-being of a human being
... context of their subjective well-being on the basis of international publications, which have not been translated into Russian yet and are little known in the country. The authors present their own typology of positive and negative effects of social support in situations of normal and abnormal social functioning of an individual.
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The Swedish institute’s scholarship policy as a soft power instrument
... soft power.
Introduction
The globalization and internationalization of higher education in the late 20th and early 21st centuries are closely tied to a country’s image promotion through public diplomacy. In this context, donor countries develop support mechanisms for incoming foreign students or interns, providing them with insights into the social, cultural, and political landscape of the host country. Until 2022, the scholarship policies implemented by the EU and national foundations and agencies ...
Comparative analysis of the territorial support frame of settlement in coastal areas: the case of St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad regions
... development and urbanisation — remain valid research objects. Achieving corresponding theoretical and practical goals requires qualitative and quantitative analysis of urbanisation in coastal areas. This article aims to determine whether the territorial support frameworks of settlement in the St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad regions meet the modern conditions of settlement system development. A cartographic modelling of the settlement structures of the two Russian regions was carried out using Golden Software ...
Social support as a factor of overcoming the negative consequence of stress
This article describes the models of relation between social support and stress. The author quotes the results of international empirical research em-phasising the obvious and contradictory nature of the “stress-buffering” and “main effect” models. The article offers a typology of factors of determining ...
Parental support and psychological health of children and adolescents
This article describes the features of parental support as a socio-psychological phenomenon and its relation to psychosomatic health (depression, anxiety, and somatization) in children and adolescents. The author presents a probability structural- functional model of parental support covering its content,...
The two-party tendency in Poland’s political system: manifestations, causes and prospects
... been strengthened by that since 2005 only members of the two major parties have been elected presidents. It matters little that the President becomes non-partisan after having been elected. In fact, he or she is indissociable with the political force supporting him or her, the more so as the existing limitations, established in 1995 by President Kwaśniewski, have never been turned into a clear cut legal norm.<2> All the presidential elections held in the past 20 years were a struggle between ...
Reputation and status in Denmark’s strategic culture
... much more modest than that of countries of similar economic capacity, such as Belgium, the Netherlands and Norway. This line of behaviour, however, was a product of steps that did not fit within the framework of alliance or bloc solidarity, such as support for the USSR’s proposal to convene the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe or the criticism of the NATO Double-Track Decision [9]. Low defence expenditure, a refusal to host American military bases and nuclear weapons (with the ...
The sea factor in the federal regulation of Russia’s spatial development: post-Soviet experience and current priorities
... 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 it happened under Soviet rule, and particularly the Kuril Islands . Remarkably, in 1989—2002, the population of the Magadan region decreased by two-thirds; of the Kamchatka and Sakhalin regions, by one-third. For all these ...
Spatial differentiation of rural territories in the Kaliningrad region: implications for socio-economic policies
... natural decline (common to the oblast as a whole) and migration. Eastern municipalities have the demographic potential to increase the working-age population, while the western part of the oblast does not. The region has been implementing a policy of support for rural territories, especially for the peripheral eastern municipalities. However, there is a need for the policy to be further reinforced, alongside the development of a comprehensive spatial development strategy for the region. The article ...
Artificial Intelligence: a catalyst for entrepreneurship education in the Baltics
... entrepreneurial potential of students in Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. This aspect is increasingly gaining attention from universities, which collaborate closely with the business sector, governmental bodies, and regional agencies to provide diverse forms of support to aspiring business students. The final part of the article addresses issues that require more active and innovative participation of academia in activities enhancing the role of student youth in the economic development of their countries and ...
A new role of cooperation under economic sanctions as seen by residents of the Kaliningrad region
... micro-enterprises (64,995 million roubles and 45,881 million roubles, respectively), the region ranked second in the North-Western Federal District, following St. Petersburg, Russia’s northern capital. The volume of subsidies allocated for the state support of regional small and medium-sized enterprises amounted to almost 500 million roubles in 2020 and 180 million in 2021.<1>
Yet the literature indicates that, despite the substantial support from the authorities, small business development ...
Military and political cooperation between Germany and Lithuania in the late 2010s to early 2020s
... further accentuated these constraints. In such a scenario, it became imperative for Germany to form partnerships with certain small and mid-sized states within the ‘Western democracies’ group [9]. These states are willing and capable of being reliable supporters of Germany, thereby bolstering its efforts to increase its presence and influence in Europe and beyond. Lithuania emerges as a standout partner for Germany.
The aim of the article is to examine the dynamics, challenges, and interim outcomes ...
The adaptation of Russian regions’ economies to the rupture of relations with Europe: the case of Baltic Sea ports
... Russian federal ministries and departments, regional administrations, and major state-owned companies. According to the Ministry of Economic Development (MED) of the Russian Federation, 309 measures were launched in Russia to provide anti-sanctions support to the national economy in 2022. In particular, the loan debt of large businesses was restructured in the amount of 5.9 trillion roubles, which allowed domestic companies to save 36.6 billion roubles on interest payments. The so-called parallel ...
Societal security in the Baltic Sea Region: the Russian perspective
... choices respond to constraints and opportunities stemming from the socio-economic, political and cultural interests of powerful domestic constituents, the relative power of states deriving from asymmetrical interdependence, and the role of institutions in supporting the credibility of interstate commitments.
This study demonstrates that there are powerful domestic and international incentives that encourage Russian political leadership to opt for a cooperative rather conflictual type of behaviour in the ...
Information and propaganda strategies in German non-state media discourse during the COVID-19 pandemic
This study aims to analyse the strategies supporting the German Government’s biopolitical health and life protection practices and how they were promoted in the discourse of non-state media outlets during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is assumed that non-state media used various pandemic communication ...
Reputation core of Russian authorities: the case of the regional level of executive power
... as an informal value-based institution, the reputation of authorities allows us to judge the degree of either deepening or weakening of the ‘path dependency’ in the development of a particular territory [53, p. 156]. One of the reasons for the support in Russia of ‘bad governance’, seen as a ‘rut’ (a perception rooted in Russian history), is the inherited ‘cultural matrix’ [54, р. 96—97]. Reputation as its part is a value standard of authorities. A positive reputation determines ...
Digital didactic games as a means of remote support for schoolchildren
In the context of dynamic digitalization of the educational space, the introduction of inclusive education, the task of remote support for educational activities of both gifted students and schoolchildren with disabilities is of high relevance, since it helps to meet special educational needs and resolve difficulties in educational activities. The article presents an overview ...
The External Economic Factor in the Development of Northwestern Regions: Institutional Support and an Impact Assessment
... Northwestern Federal District accounts for a significant proportion of Russia’s exports. The study aims to reveal the connection between the federal district’s external and internal economic development and to identify the extent to which institutional support for international economic cooperation facilitates brisk international trade. The authors consider international trade from the perspective of its procedural and institutional components. The study stresses dependence between the total international ...
Pedagogical support children in a conflict situation: legal aspects
... children”, European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, European Social Charter, the Strategy of the Council of Europe on the Rights of the Child. The documents are analysed in the light of the mechanism of pedagogical support for children. It is shown that the abovementioned documents, which guarantee the protection of rights, psychological and physical health and development of the child can be considered as the legal basis for the organization and implementation ...
Social and pedagogical support for the development of social communication network by deprived teenagers
This article offers a theoretical framework and authors’ methodology for organizing social and pedagogical support for adolescents in residential
care based on the methods of social network analysis and social support networking.
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State support for attracting high skilled workers from Russian regions to the Kaliningrad region: enhancing effectiveness
To attract in-demand professionals from various regions of Russia to the labor market in the Kaliningrad region (including teachers, medical professionals, and IT specialists), support measures have been implemented at both the federal and regional levels. However, the region continues to face a demand for skilled workers, with instances of professionals returning while difficulties in their adaptation are often noted. The article ...
The Accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO: Geopolitical implications for Russia’s position in the Baltic Sea region
... with NATO, including Aurora, BALTOPS, and Cold Response military exercises, although officially they did not set the goal of joining NATO. At the 2014 NATO Summit in Wales, the two countries signed memoranda with the Alliance to join its Host Nation Support program, which opened the way to inviting NATO forces in crisis situations and for exercises [2, p. 16]. In May 2018, in Washington, the defence ministers of the United States, Finland and Sweden signed a trilateral declaration for expanding security ...
Modern trends in paradiplomacy: a case of Russian-Finnish regional cooperation
... only for cross-border cooperation programmes. In the year 2007, the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI) came into force substituting the MEDA instrument, TACIS instrument for the Eastern neighbours, and other financial means of support. The ENPI was a financial instrument for implementing the Action Plans which covered sixteen partner countries and Russia within Strategic Partnership in 2007—2013<7>. In the year 2014, the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI) substituted ...
On economic well-being and current measures to support small businesses in agriculture in the Kaliningrad region
... among other things, an increase in the quality of life of the rural population. The current geopolitical and geo-economic conditions in which the Kaliningrad region operates have required strengthening and differentiation of measures and forms of state support for such enterprises. The region has a large-scale program to support farmers, including both financial and non-financial instruments. At the same time, it is necessary to assess not only support measures, but also the economic well-being of ...
Regional trends in electoral support for Latvian parties: the neighbourhood effect
... voting clusters. The degree of spatial autocorrelation and changes in it were analysed for each parliamentary party and the non-parliamentary but still influential Latvian Russian Union (LRU). Statistically significant spatial clusters of high and low support were identified and compared; their steadiness over the study period was examined. The structure of these clusters is generally the same for the ‘Russian’ parties (Harmony and the LRU), whilst the ‘Latvian’ parties are characterized by ...
Social standards of motherhood and childhood in the world and Russia
The aim of the study is to study the system of social standards of modern society and to assess the system of social norms and norms in the Russian Federation at the moment. The methods of analysis of the system of support of motherhood and childhood in Russia were used, as well as the method of comparative characteristic of the system of support of motherhood and childhood in different countries of the world according to different criteria. The study revealed ...
Financial Support for the Red Army Personnel During the Great Patriotic War
In this article, I analyse the improvement of the system for financial support for military personnel during the Great Patriotic War. Financial support included a monetary allowance, material bonuses for involvement in combat, and welfare benefits for families and veterans. The financial support system was vertically integrated ...
The theoretical framework of the process of social and pedagogical support for children at a teen club
This article analyses the theoretical framework for supporting activities at cultural and leisure establishments, particularly, teen clubs. The authors present a model of socio-pedagogical support for children at teen clubs and describe its goals and objectives, principles, stages, and ways of practical ...
On the phenomenon of socio-pedagogical support of student's subjective development in additional education
This article analyses, by means of the reflective-environmental approach, the potential, features, and limitations to socio-pedagogical support of the subjective development of a student in the framework of additional education. On the basis of the research conducted, the author comes to a conclusion about the necessity of such support both for the development of students' subjectivity ...
The role of pedagogical support in the personal development of students of higher educational institutions
Problems of development of the person of students of high school are considered. Necessity of introduction of pedagogical support is described, its importance is analysed, target orientations are designated, stages of pedagogical support of students are allocated.
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Давыдов В.
В
. Проблемы развивающего обучения. М., 2004.
2. ...
The peculiarities of psychological support to breast cancer survivors in small towns
This article analyses the peculiarities of psychological support to breast cancer survivors residing in small towns. The authors consider the dynamics of emotional state in the course of implementing a dedicated programme of intensive psychological support in rehabilitation.
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Марилова Т.
Ю....
Expansionism in Poland’s strategic culture: historical retrospective and variations
... bandwagoning strategy, as today’s neorealists put it. Yet, Poland had strong expansionist incentives: over the 11 centuries of its history, the Polish state has used power politics as a tool to alter the mid-term state of affairs. This conclusion is supported by the following data: in 960—1795, Poland took part in 247 international conflicts, i. e. it was at war with other states during one out of three years. Throughout a significant part of the 19th—21st centuries, the country was either not ...
The impact of the food embargo on consumer preferences and cross-border practices in the Kaliningrad region
... that the food embargo has led to the growth in the production of certain types of goods in Russia. Volchkova and Kuznetsova note a successful import substitution in Russia in three product groups: poultry, pork and tomatoes [12]. Receiving active state support, agricultural producers often continued to be market-oriented, i. e. they increased the production of crops most popular domestically and internationally sometimes to the detriment of other less profitable but still important products [13].
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France’s strategy in the Baltic region: military and political aspects
... with Germany (2019), bilateral declarations on cooperation in European affairs with Finland (2018) and Poland (2020), the Franco-Swedish letter of intent on defence cooperation (2021), etc. On President Macron’s initiative, France consistently supports the idea of strategic autonomy of the EU and has managed to involve the Nordic countries in its projects [4, p. 138—141, 178— 183]. There are also some cases of interaction beyond Europe: for example, the participation of Finnish troops in ...
Territorial structure of inbound and domestic tourism in the Baltic States
... intermediate semi-peripheral areas provides a rationale for spatial development strategies for tourism and makes it possible to increase the efficiency of tourism destination management by distinguishing between driver regions and territories in need of support.
State of research
A surge of scientific interest in tourism development in the Baltic States as a cohesive region coincided with the independence of these countries. Agita Šļara and Iveta Druvaskalne have examined the role tourism played when ...
Internet diffusion and interregional digital divide in Russia: trends, factors, and the influence of the pandemic
... not affect the level of its use [23], [26]. Accordingly, the availability of the Internet in some settlements may not contribute to economic growth or better quality of life, although the state is striving for this by introducing various programmes to support digitalization.
A person’s actions regarding a new technology depend both on personal characteristics (age, gender, experience, propensity to take risks, etc.) and on environmental factors, for instance, the culture of the local community [22],...
Methodology support for the musical training for visually impaired in research papers: a review of Russian pedagogical publications
... 2022. The research activity in this field tends to become more dynamic, and the priority of research interest in the problems of general music education for visually impaired children is identified. The main thematic areas are shown: methodological support for teaching music to the blind and visually impaired in professional and pre-professional education; general music education of visually impaired children in Russia and abroad; the influence of musical activity on the development of blind and ...
Adapting regional strategies to the new non-resource export development target
In the radically new economic conditions of 2020, the Government of the Russian Federation selected supporting non-resource and non-energy exports as one of the four factors of sustainable economic growth. Achieving this target is a challenge, but the absence of sufficient conditions for a systemic diversification of Russian exports also poses a substantial ...
The effect of Covid-19 on labour migration in the CIS
... the CIS. This article offers a comparative analysis, followed by synthesis, of the negative effects of the Covid-19 pandemic as seen through the prism of employment and the situation of migrant workers in the CIS. Another focus is the restriction and support measures and how they have affected migrants. A range of qualitative and quantitative data was collated on the situation of migrant workers during Covid-19 restriction in the Russian Federation and across the CIS. The findings suggest that the ...
The origins of confrontation with Western countries and the “Munich speech” of Vladimir Putin
... order based on partnership and good neighbourly relations between countries. Only these relations can ensure security and prosperity for the whole world. Unfortunately, Western leaders failed to respond to Vladimir Putin’s proposal and continued to support the dominance policy pursued by their main ally, the US, towards other countries. The article identifies the reasons for the deterioration of relations between Russia and Western countries, which influenced the development of political processes ...
Minimising Investment Risks Through Optimising Public-Private Partnership: The Case of the Kaliningrad Region
... Kaliningrad Region and on Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation: Federal law 16-FZ, dated 10 Jan. 2006 (as amended on 11.03.2016.), available at:
http://www.consultant.ru
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5. About the state support of organizations that are making investments in the form of capital investment in the Kaliningrad region: law of the Kaliningrad region No. 171 dated 15 July 2002, available at
http://www.garant.ru
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6. The Government ...
Information support for crime investigation
This article considers several basic approaches to information support for a preliminary crime investigation. The author analyses the role of mass media, the use of the biosphere resources and the Internet during preliminary crime investigation. The author proposes a selection of tools and methods that can be used ...
The social and pedagogical determinants of inclusive education: A comparative analysis of Western and Russian ideas
... ограниченными возможностями здоровья в программы дополнительного образования : метод. рекомендации / под ред. А. Ю. Шеманова. М., 2012. С. 6—17.
11. Amaladoss K. Supporting children with autistic spectrum disorders in a mainstream classroom // Supporting inclusive practice / ed. G. Knowles. L. ; N. Y., 2006. P. 111—125.
12. Archer L. The impossibility of minority ethic educational «success»?: an examination ...
World War I refugees from the western regions of the Russian Empire: Sustaining life in the places of temporary residence
This article analyses the process of development and functioning of the state system of support for World War I refugees from the western territories of the Russian Empire in case of the central provinces of European Russia. It is concluded that the state system of refugee support proved to be efficient and managed to solve the problem of ...
Research of an self-organising effect in decision support computer systems on example of multi-agent systems
A creation of decision support self-organising intellectual computer system based on the analysis of an interaction between participants on example of multi-agent system is considered. The universal structure of system implementing proposed method is presented. The results ...
Psychomotor development as the main aspect of psychological and pedagogic support of primary school children
... bases on the modern concepts of ontogenetic regularities of brain and body formation and development of a child. The authors present the
results of statistical analysis of the efficiency of prophylactic components introduction into first-grade pupil support programme and prove positive changes in Higher Mental Functions formation in the experimental group.
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Model of Professional Training in the field of Pedagogical Support of High School Student Self-Identification
The article describes the process of professional and advanced training at teacher training universities for pedagogical support in the field of high school students' self-identification. The author offers methodical guidelines for the corresponding course and the results of experiments.
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А.
Диалектика человеческой ...
Development of Information Support to Agricultural Producers in the Kaliningrad Region
This article presents the results of analysis of information needs and information infrastructure of the Kaliningrad region’s agricultural sector and offers a concept of information support to the regional agricultural producers on the Internet.
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программа ведомства «Создание Единой системы информационного обеспечения агропромышленного ...
The economic aspect of the quality of industrial agriculture information support: Russian experience
This paper provides a scientific analysis of Russian experience of quality assessment (the economic aspect) of the information support for the agro-industrial complex. Part 1 covers the period of the 1950s-1970s.
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Гличев А.
В.
Качество, эффективность, нравственность: учеб. пособие. М., 2009.
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Economic and Legal Analysis of Financial Support to Tour Operators (through the Example of the Kaliningrad Region)
This article examines the economic and legal consequences of the changes in the law on financial support of tourism to small tour operators in the Kaliningrad region.
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