Pub Date : 2013-01-01DOI: 10.5922/2074-9848-2013-4-7
Светлана Викторовна Голованова
International trade is an important factor affecting competition in domestic markets. Considering the vastness of Russian territory, one can expect the pro-competitive effect to vary from region to region. This analysis tests the hypothesis that the unique geographical position and economic status of the Kaliningrad region contribute to the rapid development of international trade, which, in turn, exerts competitive pressure on regional prices. The study incorporates two major lines of analysis: a) a comparison of the international trade growth rates of different Russian regions; b) an assessment of the influence of Russian and European prices on the consumer price index as well as prices for particular tradable goods in the Kaliningrad region. Rosstat and Eurostat serve as the main data sources. To test their hypothesis, the authors use the methods of statistical and econometric analysis. The status of the free economic zone and unique geographic position of the Kaliningrad region do not result in high growth rates of international trade in the region, but rather lead to a structural shift towards import thus exerting additional competitive pressure on domestic prices. The analysis did not confirm the hypothesis about the considerable influence of European prices on the short run dynamics of the regional consumer prices index or prices for certain imported goods. Nevertheless, indirect evidence of competitive effects of foreign trade was found in the course of a comparative analysis of price levels in the regions of the Northwest Federal district: the cost of the standard set of consumer goods and services in the Kaliningrad region is lower than the level defined by the regional per capita income.
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Pub Date : 2013-01-01DOI: 10.5922/2074-9848-2013-4-1
Алексей Владимирович Кузнецов, Владимир Анатольевич Оленченко
In light of some new aspects of the EU functioning, particularly, the recovery from the 2008-2009 global crisis, transportation and energy development projects are coming to the forefront in the Baltic region. At the same time, there is a need to consider EU’s recent adoption of a common seven-year financial program (2014—2020), which serves, in effect, as the Union’s budget. Given that, one may conclude that the countries of the Baltic region are entering a new stage of development. We look at the role and significance of transportation and energy projects as an instrument of economic development. Having studied the largest transport and energy projects in the Baltic region, we were able to show that the new infrastructure networks supported the investment expansion of Swedish and Finnish companies into the 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.
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Pub Date : 2013-01-01DOI: 10.5922/2074-9848-2013-3-3
Адриан Букаловский, Дариуш Кадуковский
This article describes civil protection activities of the EU in the framework of the Community Civil Protection Mechanism — a system for coordinating civil protection resources and in-kind assistance to countries stricken by natural and manmade disasters. By analyzing the legislation and actual activation of the Mechanism, the authors present the functioning of this system as well as the ongoing changes towards a more planned approach to providing civil protection. The authors address the issue of extending the current civil protection system by introducing preventive measures. The project, co-financed by the by the Civil Protection Financial Instrument, is used as an example of the introduction of preventive measures in the Baltic Sea region.
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Pub Date : 2013-01-01DOI: 10.5922/2074-9848-2013-2-10
Н В Гжибовская
Transit is an important issue in the history of world economy, including the economy of Latvia. Transit makes a significant contribution to the budget of many transit countries, one of which is the Republic of Latvia. These countries do not have significant natural resources and prefer to focus on logistics and infrastructure in order to facilitate the transit process. This article focuses on the role of transit in the economy of Latvia, whose unique geographical position makes the country an effective transport corridor (bridge) in both the west-east and north-south directions. The article presents the results of an opinion poll conducted at Latvian transit enterprises regarding their future development and offers an overview of the main sea ports and the R ī ga international airport. The author examines the issue of Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization and its impact on the Latvian transit, the prolongation of EU sanctions against Belarus, and the use of Latvian transport infrastructure for handling the non-military cargo traffic to/from Afghanistan. In conclusion, a forecast of possible transit development in Latvia is provided.
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Pub Date : 2013-01-01DOI: 10.5922/2074-9848-2013-2-3
Николай Маратович Межевич
Currently, the development of economic diplomacy in the world is determined by a combination of globalization and regionalization processes; moreover, it exhibits an economic dimension. At the same time, the Baltic Sea region demonstrates large-scale politicisation of the objective processes of economic cooperation. The development of nuclear power in the eastern part of the Baltic Sea is indicative of the effectiveness of political and economic cooperation in the region. The author believes that Russia and the Baltics have an economic and technological opportunity for developing cooperation in the field of energy. The only question is whether historical patterns of interstate relations can be overcome. A more pronounced international division of labour accompanied by the historically developed specialization of the USSR-Russia makes nuclear power an important factor of Russia’s economic diplomacy. The promotion of Russian energy projects in the region contributes to the development of a system of mutually beneficial ties. The economic prerequisite to that is the increasing energy deficiency in the region.
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Pub Date : 2013-01-01DOI: 10.5922/2074-9848-2013-3-6
Велислава Важивода-крушиньска
This article argues that urban poverty pockets emerged in Poland in the course of the system transformation towards capitalism. The main poverty drivers were the three overlapping processes: de-industrialization, ‘dewelfarization’ and de-institutionalization of the family accompanied by the devolution of social care management from the central to the local government. The enclaves of poverty emerged as a result of better-off residents leaving dilapidated blocks of flats and both spontaneous and deliberate accommodation of poorer citizens in these houses as social housing residents. In these areas, poverty tends to take root and reproduce in subsequent generations. The article is based on a 20-year study carried out in the city of Łodź under the author’s supervision. The article summarizes the findings obtained from three sources: 1) narrative interviews held twice — in 1998 and 2008 — among 90 adults belonging to the subsequent generations of a certain extended family residing in a poverty enclave; 2) 73 in-depth interviews with teenage mothers residing in poverty enclaves, 3) a quantitative survey of 500 13-year-old pupils attending schools located in poverty enclaves. The author arrives at the conclusion that poverty enclaves in Łodź resemble neighbourhoods of relegation as conceptualized by Loic Wacquant.
{"title":"Переход бедности от поколения к поколению: вызовы, стоящие перед Польшей","authors":"Велислава Важивода-крушиньска","doi":"10.5922/2074-9848-2013-3-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5922/2074-9848-2013-3-6","url":null,"abstract":"This article argues that urban poverty pockets emerged in Poland in the course of the system transformation towards capitalism. The main poverty drivers were the three overlapping processes: de-industrialization, ‘dewelfarization’ and de-institutionalization of the family accompanied by the devolution of social care management from the central to the local government. The enclaves of poverty emerged as a result of better-off residents leaving dilapidated blocks of flats and both spontaneous and deliberate accommodation of poorer citizens in these houses as social housing residents. In these areas, poverty tends to take root and reproduce in subsequent generations. The article is based on a 20-year study carried out in the city of Łodź under the author’s supervision. The article summarizes the findings obtained from three sources: 1) narrative interviews held twice — in 1998 and 2008 — among 90 adults belonging to the subsequent generations of a certain extended family residing in a poverty enclave; 2) 73 in-depth interviews with teenage mothers residing in poverty enclaves, 3) a quantitative survey of 500 13-year-old pupils attending schools located in poverty enclaves. The author arrives at the conclusion that poverty enclaves in Łodź resemble neighbourhoods of relegation as conceptualized by Loic Wacquant.","PeriodicalId":30492,"journal":{"name":"Baltijskij Region","volume":"31 1","pages":"82-92"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87677139","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2013-01-01DOI: 10.5922/2074-9848-2013-2-4
Геннадий Викторович Кретинин
This article analyses the issues of development of peaceful nuclear power. The author pays attention to the fact that nuclear power as a rather young branch of national economy, however, over recent decades, it has seen rises and falls and a number of states have had tragic experiences of nuclear emergencies; nevertheless, the interest in development, generation, and application of nuclear power is strong in many countries, including the Baltics. In the Baltics, nuclear power dates back to the Soviet times, but its development was suspended pursuant to the EU regulations (the Ignalina NPP). Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia have been striving for energy independence from Russia – the principal supplier of energy carriers to these countries. For a long time, the three Baltic states have been proclaiming their unanimity on the general European path of development. However, the reality proved it to be different. The touchstone for the achievement of common goals was the idea of constructing a new NPP at the site of the closed Ignalina NPP. The author comes to a conclusion that the joint construction of a new NPP is quite questionable. When it comes to politics, each Baltic state is ready to build its own NPP. Thus, the development of nuclear power in the Baltic region requires joint coordinated actions independent of bloc-inspired interests of the states involved. Moreover, this success will be cemented, if the actions are taken at the level of modern technologies and innovative decisions.
{"title":"Атомная энергетика Прибалтики: история возникновения и политико-экономические особенности развития","authors":"Геннадий Викторович Кретинин","doi":"10.5922/2074-9848-2013-2-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5922/2074-9848-2013-2-4","url":null,"abstract":"This article analyses the issues of development of peaceful nuclear power. The author pays attention to the fact that nuclear power as a rather young branch of national economy, however, over recent decades, it has seen rises and falls and a number of states have had tragic experiences of nuclear emergencies; nevertheless, the interest in development, generation, and application of nuclear power is strong in many countries, including the Baltics. In the Baltics, nuclear power dates back to the Soviet times, but its development was suspended pursuant to the EU regulations (the Ignalina NPP). Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia have been striving for energy independence from Russia – the principal supplier of energy carriers to these countries. For a long time, the three Baltic states have been proclaiming their unanimity on the general European path of development. However, the reality proved it to be different. The touchstone for the achievement of common goals was the idea of constructing a new NPP at the site of the closed Ignalina NPP. The author comes to a conclusion that the joint construction of a new NPP is quite questionable. When it comes to politics, each Baltic state is ready to build its own NPP. Thus, the development of nuclear power in the Baltic region requires joint coordinated actions independent of bloc-inspired interests of the states involved. Moreover, this success will be cemented, if the actions are taken at the level of modern technologies and innovative decisions.","PeriodicalId":30492,"journal":{"name":"Baltijskij Region","volume":"29 1","pages":"41-50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82684011","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2013-01-01DOI: 10.5922/2074-9848-2013-3-2
Вадим Валентинович Войников, О.В. Корнеев
This article deals with the issues pertinent to the EU-Russia visa dialogue — one of the major areas of cooperation between the two partners. The article aims to identify the main problems of this dialogue, as well as prospects for the introduction of a visa-free regime between the EU and Russia. The authors provide a historical overview of cooperation in this area and consider problems and prospects of visa liberalization from the economic, legal, and political perspectives. The analysis draws on primary sources such as the EU and Russia’s legislation, EU-Russia agreements on visa facilitation and readmission, visa statistics, expert interviews, as well as analytical reports and research works on the topic. Particular attention is paid to the “Common steps towards visa-free short-term travel of the citizens of the EU and Russia”, which is currently the main document in the visa dialogue. Having assessed the implementation of the provisions contained in the four blocks of the “Common Steps”, the authors draw conclusions about the political nature of major obstacles to a visa-free regime. This article is based on the proceedings of the “Russia and European Union: the dynamics of interrelations” international conference organized by the EU center of the I. Kant Baltic Federal University (the EU4U project).
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Pub Date : 2013-01-01DOI: 10.5922/2074-9848-2013-3-10
Юрий Владимирович Костяшов
On the basis of earlier unknown documents of the Soviet consulate in Konigsberg retrieved from the Archive of the Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation, the author analyses relations between the USSR and Germany in 1925—1930. The author focuses on the role of the “Polish question”, which largely affected the nature of bilateral relations. The consulate documents indicate that Soviet diplomacy aspired to exploit the differences between Poland and Germany over a wide range of issues (the geopolitical situation of East Prussia, the position of national minorities, the problem of transit through the Polish corridor, the status of the Free city of Danzig, etc.). Soviet consuls carefully observed political life in Konigsberg and the province. On the one hand, they paid attention to an increase in the nationalist and fascist attitudes. On the other hand, they emphasized the aspirations of the local political and business elite to develop economic cooperation with the Soviet Union. The People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs tried to transform East Prussia into a Soviet lobby in the German government. These plans were not implemented at that time, but the 1920s ideas of cooperation between the two states on the anti-Polish basis were put into practice on the eve of World War II.
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