Social science. Political science. Economics. Рубрика в журнале - Arctic and North
Arctic Regions’ development problems and prospects (based on the expert survey)
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The article presents the results of the survey made in Arkhangelsk, Murmansk region and Nenets Autonomous District. The assessment of the Arctic policy at the federal level and the evaluation of the system of support of the population of the Arctic are in the focus of the article. The authors reflect on the inter-‐regional cooperation, the Arctic regional policies and prospects of the region.
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Instability of production and the decline of the export share in the world commodity turnover show increasing problems in the forest industry of Nordic countries. The article represents the retrospective analysis of the Northern forest industry development in Norway, Finland, Sweden, Canada and Denmark. The obtained results give us an opportunity to identify the main economic and environmental problems of the Northern forest industry and its development prospects.
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Socio-‐economic circumstances in the Russian Arctic require high quality engineering and technical personnel. The article is focused on the analysis of the key factors that determine the situation, staffing problems and solutions of national interests of Russia in the Arctic. Specialists, able of the use theoretical knowledge and practical skills in the Far North, socially adapted to the life in the Arctic, are needed. A set of measures aimed at promoting the engineering education, on the one hand, and retention of young people in the region, on the other hand, and the modernization of existing regional system of vocational education are required. The article reveals positive experience of integration of the Kola Science Centre (KSC) with the universities — basic departments of the universities and the institutions of the KSC, scientific and educational centers, and regional university-‐academic cluster, innovative partnership of science, education, government and business. The article focuses on the continuity of environmental education aimed to maintain the sustainable development, starting from kindergartens and ending up with school and university education.
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Fishing tension arcs in the Russian Arctic
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The author of the article comprehensively examines the current situation, problems and possible solutions related to fishing in the Arctic. Changes in the Arctic will undoubtedly affect fisheries. In this regard, the author analyses the "hot spots" of economic activity and international relations — fishing tension arcs in the Russian Arctic, as well as the internal problems of the marine resource use.
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Migration issues are considered through the stratification and globalization approaches. Emphasizing the importance of the classic theories, the author reviews the key studies of migration, as well as the empirical projects implemented by various research centers. Theoretical statements are supported by the analysis of statistics on migration in the Circumpolar region. The article is aimed to demonstrate the heuristic possibilities of solving the urgent problems of migration in the Arctic.
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Migration processes occurred in the Arkhangelsk region in the period between 1989—2010 have not been researched well yet. The author analyzed the census. Some issues of the migratory behavior in the emerging market model are investigated. Migration processes are considered as one of the factors that influenced the changes that have occurred in the territorial settlement structure of Arkhangelsk region.
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Modern political image of Russia in Norway (on media coverage)
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On the basis of a content analysis of articles published in printed periodicals of Norway during 2008—2014, the current political image of Russia reveals in the article. The analysis of the most talked aspects of political image has been done, a set of causes and factors influencing the perception of the image of Russia in Norway reveals.
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The article contains recommendations on monitoring the internal and external factors of strategic development of the Solovetsky archipelago and studies the methods of environmental factors analysis in the strategic territory marketing. The author defines the concept of “factor’s network” and considers it as a complex system of interactions between factors. The role and contribution of the factor’s monitoring subsystem in the strategic management system is discusses as well as the necessity of the analytical work for the process of a territory strategic development.
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Revisiting the question of the Russian Arctic policy making
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The author discusses the main stages and key documents that have established the Russian Arctic zone as an independent object of the state policy and analyses current issues of the Russian Arctic policy making. It was decided to avoid the clear separation of stages in the policy making process due to the fact that it was not possible to determine the equivalent differentiation criteria. The chosen approach has allowed to achieve certain goals and to draw conclusions about the dynamics of the Russian Arctic policy making, its key points, the meaning and significance of adopted legal acts.
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Russian Arctic increases with islands
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Relevance of the topic is defined by the fact that neither the Russian Empire nor the Soviet Union nor the Russian Federation have passed a law that defines the status, composition and the borders of the Russian Arctic, both on land and in the waters of the Arctic Ocean. It is necessary to find system solutions for a number of urgent problems of the Arctic management modernization: 1) monitoring of Russian islands in the Arctic Ocean, administrative, legal and environmental responsibility for the departmental use of their lands and adjacent water area; 2) adoption of the basic federal law "The Arctic zone of the Russian Federation"; 3) effective functioning of the Government Commission on the Arctic; 4) development of interregional integration institutes; 5) implementation of state program "Socio-economic development of the Russian Arctic for the period up to 2020"; 6) transition to project management, the formation of the portfolio of the Arctic projects; 7) the possibility of establishing the Bank for Reconstruction and Development in the Arctic, Arctic state commercial bank.
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Russian Arctic regional development aspects: the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
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The article focuses on the regional development aspects of the Russian Arctic in case of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). The author explains the reason for the 13 Arctic and Northern territories of Yakutia to be legally considered as a part of the Russian Arctic. The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) has accumulated a long term positive legal experience in regulating the development of the Arctic and Northern ulus (districts) of Yakutia, which is of interest for the law community in other territories of the Russian Arctic. The author analyzes the issues of socio-‐economic development of the Yakut part of the Arctic and the results of the Year of the Arctic 2014. In conclusion some specific recommendations on development of the Arctic territories are to be found.
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The author of the article considers the cooperation in oil and gas industry in the Barents Euro-Arctic region, the main oil and gas projects in the region and the political issues of the cooperation.
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Analysis of the causes and sources of the so-‐called "Arctic competition" between Murmansk and Arkhangelsk identifies strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT-‐analysis) of the marine transport hubs. The focus of the article is the transport integration problem and logistics. Arkhangelsk and Murmansk marine nodes were created as the part of a single freight logistics system in the North and were not supposed to compete, but to complement each other. Nearest future will bring up the issue of the national transport and logistics integrator with the functions of the “upper-‐corporative” logistics center responsible for evidence-‐based, homogeneous and transparent re-‐distribution of traffic and freight logistics market bases in the western part of the Russian Arctic.
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Top officials of the Russian Arctic: "Vorkuta is my home town. Life in the Arctic has tempered me"
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Under the "Top officials of the Russian Arctic" project, Evgeny Shumeyko talks about the positive changes in his hometown Vorkuta, where he was born, worked as a miner, and now he is the leader of the Town administration. Official membership in the Russian Arctic zone gives a new status for Vorkuta and means its further development. In these circumstances, the urban economy should be brought into the light of reality, to optimize the infrastructure in order to have chances for the further development. «Strategy of socio-‐economic development of the urban districts 2014» defined the role of Vorkuta as a being a strategic outpost of Arctic exploration in the European North of Russia.
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Responding to the questions of the interview with top officials of the Russian Arctic, Michael Gmyrin focused on the mission and objectives of the Association “Arctic Municipalities”. Severodvinsk municipality was among the founders of the Association in December 2014. Its creation would help the integration of municipalities and contribute to the sustainable socio-‐economic development of the Arctic territories. Severodvinsk has positive experience of making social projects. Improvement of the quality of life and living conditions of northerners is one of the major challenges currently facing all Arctic Municipalities. The work of the Association "Arctic Municipalities" may be of the main activities of the State Commission on Arctic chaired by O. D. Rogozin.
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Top officials of the Russian Arctic: «Now I understand that we have passed the razor's edge»
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The article represents one of the interviews with top officials of the Russian Arctic. Oleg Kurilov, head of Norilsk City administration, shares his management experience in the field of creation of the comfortable urban environment in the extreme conditions of the North, talks about his professional achievements. In accordance with the Presidential Decree "On the land territory of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation" dated May 2, 2014 № 296 Norilsk is considered as a part of the Russian Arctic. Kurilov O.G. believes that the most important task for him is providing the citizens with decent living conditions, the certain level of comfort and quality of life the people of Norilsk have already accustomed to.
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