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The article considers the problems and prospects of foreign policy of Russia in the CIS. This region has traditionally been of high priority for Russia's foreign policy after the collapse of the USSR. At the same time, it is noted that for one and half decade after the collapse of the Soviet system, Russia's cooperation with the CIS countries was weak, and the integration initiatives were not convert into practice. The situation began to change in the mid-2000s. During the years 2009-2013 the integration processes...

Among the people threatened with marginalization are people with various disabilities, who, for the subjective reasons, have limited opportunities to satisfy their own needs and experience difficulties with social integration. With the democratic standards, these people should be provided support in various areas of life while providing equal opportunities for education and vocational and social life. The social aspect of disabilities is being more and more often emphasized, which means that the problem results no...

The paper concentrates on a study of the cluster-based concept of regional economies development. It has been empirically proven that the cluster-based approach appears to be one of the most effective instruments for regional economic growth and businesses integration. The approach is premised on formation of territorial-industrial clusters within which a network of interacting private, municipal and state enterprises, organizations and institutions is setup which facilitates joint efforts to address particular ec...

The article is devoted to the problem of developing an inclusive approach in the framework of modern education. The authors seek to show that the inclusive approach plays a decisive role in providing high-quality education for all students without exception. The article describes the legal foundations of inclusive education, substantiates its relevance to the present day and examines its main functions. The authors describe the barriers that can arise on the way of introducing inclusion in the educational process ...

Modern economy is characterized by significant strengthening of integration processes caused by the deepening of relations between countries, international trade liberalization, scientific and technological progress, development of productive forces and the deepening of international labor division. This results in the formation of regional associations, which are evolving progressively into independent centers of the world economy. The article highlights various aspects of the integration processes in the common ...

The nowadays Europe appears to us as a scenery reflecting, in other images, the history of a continent revolved by attempts, disputes, challenges for the exceeding of which is necessary finding, every time other solutions, the aimed finality being every time the same, security and peace on continent. The history has reflected the necessity of an international alliance between states, the fundamental aim being to ensure stability on a regional and continental level, as well as the fact that alliances created by mil...

In protecting nature successfully from man the “Green Buildings” movement reveals its own program narrowness and a tendency to make a fetish of technology’s role which results in posing persistently a question concerning a return to the ideals of architecture with its mission to protect man from nature. This objective controversy is being solved by the way of architecture and nature’s integration, the methods of which have been used intuitively during the whole mankind’s history of creating an artificial environme...

Integration is an integral feature of the modern world and one of the main consequences of globalization. The scientific substantiation of integration remains relevant when considering the impact of integration projects on the national and regional innovative ecosystem interaction leading to new industries development. The paper considers the category of “utility” and a complex of factor values as a tool for estimation of their integration effects. They include economic indicators of economic growth stabilization,...

The article investigates the problem of influence of processes of globalization and transformation on the world financial and credit system. Discusses is the main directions and trends of the transformation process, as well as the nature and consequences of globalization. It reveals the positive and negative aspects of globalization in the economy and specifically in the financial sector.

Our paper tackles the long-discussed processes of internationalization and globalization that is taking place in the sphere of higher education. The purpose of the research is to determine the underlying factors in students’ choice of a university and a country of study. We carry out comprehensive evaluation of attractiveness of high education in the world according to the student mobility criteria. A research of English-language programs offering by the Russian top universities included in the QS World University...

Mergers and acquisitions are one of the indicators of economic development of the country. In the global economy growing trend of global integration, manifested in the entry of companies into new markets while increased competition both national and international. Russia's participation in globalization has made her an active participant in the mergers and acquisitions in the global economy. The aim of the study is a comparative analysis of current trends and global trends of the Russian market of mergers and acqu...

The article analyzes the trend in the balance of forces between the Western countries and a group of rapidly developing countries of the BRICS group of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. BRICS demonstrate the very different path of development, but all of them are intensively the processes of modernization and technological renovation of production areas. The analysis on several fronts: features BRICS as an international organization; modernization of the economy; trade relations between the BRICS coun...