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SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT UDC 316.35(470.12) © Gulin K.A. © Dementieva I.N. Protest sentiments of the region’s population in crisis One form of social protest is the protest sentiments of the population, i.e., the expression of extreme dissatisfaction with their position in the current situation. In the present paper we make an attempt to trace the dynamics of protest potential in the region, draw a social portrait of the inhabitants of the region prone to protest behavior, identify the most important factors determining the formation of a latent protest activity, and identify the causes of the relative stability of protest potential in the region during the economic crisis. The study was conducted on the basis of statistics and results of regular monitoring held by ISEDT RAS in the Vologda region. Social conflict, protest behavior, protest potential, community, monitoring, social management, public opinion, crisis, socio-economic situation. Konstantin A. GULIN Ph.D. in History, Deputy Director of ISEDT RAS [email protected] Irina N. DEMENTIEVA Junior scientific associate of ISEDT RAS [email protected] In the contradictory trends in the socio- One form of conflict expressions is social economic development of territories and the protest. The concept of “social protest” in modern sociological literature covers a rather population’s material welfare, the issue of wide range of phenomena. In its most general socio-psychological climate in society, the form protest means “strong objection to escalation of internal contradictions and anything, a statement of disagreement with conflicts is being updated. anything, the reluctance of something” [1]. 46 3 (15) 2011 Economical and social changes: facts, trends, forecast SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT K.A. -
The Economics of the Nord Stream Pipeline System
The Economics of the Nord Stream Pipeline System Chi Kong Chyong, Pierre Noël and David M. Reiner September 2010 CWPE 1051 & EPRG 1026 The Economics of the Nord Stream Pipeline System EPRG Working Paper 1026 Cambridge Working Paper in Economics 1051 Chi Kong Chyong, Pierre Noёl and David M. Reiner Abstract We calculate the total cost of building Nord Stream and compare its levelised unit transportation cost with the existing options to transport Russian gas to western Europe. We find that the unit cost of shipping through Nord Stream is clearly lower than using the Ukrainian route and is only slightly above shipping through the Yamal-Europe pipeline. Using a large-scale gas simulation model we find a positive economic value for Nord Stream under various scenarios of demand for Russian gas in Europe. We disaggregate the value of Nord Stream into project economics (cost advantage), strategic value (impact on Ukraine’s transit fee) and security of supply value (insurance against disruption of the Ukrainian transit corridor). The economic fundamentals account for the bulk of Nord Stream’s positive value in all our scenarios. Keywords Nord Stream, Russia, Europe, Ukraine, Natural gas, Pipeline, Gazprom JEL Classification L95, H43, C63 Contact [email protected] Publication September 2010 EPRG WORKING PAPER Financial Support ESRC TSEC 3 www.eprg.group.cam.ac.uk The Economics of the Nord Stream Pipeline System1 Chi Kong Chyong* Electricity Policy Research Group (EPRG), Judge Business School, University of Cambridge (PhD Candidate) Pierre Noёl EPRG, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge David M. Reiner EPRG, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge 1. -
ACC JOURNAL 2020, Volume 26, Issue 2 DOI: 10.15240/Tul/004/2020-2-002
ACC JOURNAL 2020, Volume 26, Issue 2 DOI: 10.15240/tul/004/2020-2-002 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NONPROFIT SECTOR IN RUSSIAN REGIONS: MAIN CHALLENGES Anna Artamonova Vologda Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Department of Editorial-and-Publishing Activity and Science-Information Support, 56A, Gorky str., 160014, Vologda, Russia e-mail: [email protected] Abstract This article aims at identifying the main barriers hindering development of the nonprofit sector in Russian regions. The research is based on the conviction that the development of the nonprofit sector is crucial for the regional socio-economic system and depends upon civic engagement. The results of an analysis of available statistical data and a sociological survey conducted in one of the Russian regions reveal that the share of the Russians engaged in volunteer activities is low; over 80% of the population do not participate in public activities; less than 10% have definite knowledge of working nonprofit organizations. The study allowed identifying three groups of the main barriers and formulating some recommendations for their overcoming. Keywords Russia; Nonprofit sector; Nongovernmental organization; Civic participation; Civic engagement. Introduction Sustainable development of Russian regions requires the fullest use of their internal potential. As the public and private sectors cannot meet all demands concerning the provision of high living standards for all groups of the population, it is necessary for local authorities to find new opportunities for effective and mutually beneficial cooperation with other economic actors. In Russian regions, in this regard a new trend becomes evident government starts to pay more attention to organizations of the third (nonprofit) sector. -
JTI Invests in Innovations in Yelets
JTI Invests in Innovations in Yelets Yelets, Lipetsk Region, February 1, 2016 – The JTI Yelets factory (part of JTI Group) has invested over 300 million rubles in a sustainable cogeneration plant producing heat and power from natural gas. The company’s own heat and power plant will help improve the environment in Yelets, reduce the burden on the city’s grid and ensure uninterruptible power supply. The cogeneration plant has no equal in Lipetsk Region by efficiency, which reaches 88 percent. The CHP has an electrical output of 3,638 MW and heat output of 3,089 Gcal/h. Unlike a regular power plant, where all the produced heat is lost to the environment, the cogeneration station uses heat for production and heating purposes, which helps reduce carbon dioxide and other air pollutants by a factor of 2 to 3 and make the air in the city cleaner. “The JTI Yelets factory continues to develop rapidly and implement innovations. The company has invested over 75 million US dollars in the factory over the past eight years and the new project is yet another evidence of our commitment to continuous improvement. The launch of the cogeneration plant will improve not only the plant’s power efficiency and environmental safety, but the city’s energy infrastructure as well,” said Timur Mutaev, General Director of JTI Yelets. In addition to the stand-alone power plant, the factory also constructed a new cable line to supply power to several neighboring socially significant buildings, including the fire department. When disconnecting from the city power grid, the factory will present this cable line to Yelets municipal services. -
Gazprom in Figures 2007–2011 Factbook Gazprom in Figures 2007–2011
REACHING NEW HORIZONS GAZPROM IN FIGURES 2007–2011 FACTBOOK GAZPROM IN FIGURES 2007–2011. FACTBOOK OAO GAZPROM TABLE OF CONTENTS Gazprom in Russian and global energy industry 3 Macroeconomic Data 4 Market Data 5 Reserves 7 Licenses 16 Production 18 Geological exploration, production drilling and production capacity in Russia 23 Geologic search, exploration and production abroad 26 Promising fields in Russia 41 Transportation 45 Gas transportation projects 47 Underground gas storage 51 Processing of hydrocarbons and production of refined products 55 Electric power and heat generation 59 Gas sales 60 Sales of crude oil, gas condensate and refined products 64 Sales of electricity and heat energy, gas transportation sales 66 Environmental measures, energy saving, research and development 68 Personnel 70 Convertion table 72 Glossary of basic terms and abbreviations 73 Preface Factbook “Gazprom in Figures 2007–2011” is an informational and statistical edition, prepared for OAO Gazprom annual General shareholders meeting 2012. The Factbook is prepared on the basis of corporate reports of OAO Gazprom, as well as on the basis of Russian and foreign sources of publicly disclosed information. In the present Factbook, the term OAO Gazprom refers to the head company of the Group, i.e. to Open Joint Stock Company Gazprom. The Gazprom Group, the Group or Gazprom imply OAO Gazprom and its subsidiaries taken as a whole. For the purposes of the Factbook, the list of subsidiaries was prepared on the basis used in the preparation of OAO Gazprom’s combined ac- counting (financial) statements in accordance with the requirements of the Russian legislation. Similarly, the terms Gazprom Neft Group and Gazprom Neft refer to OAO Gazprom Neft and its subsidiaries. -
Demographic, Economic, Geospatial Data for Municipalities of the Central Federal District in Russia (Excluding the City of Moscow and the Moscow Oblast) in 2010-2016
Population and Economics 3(4): 121–134 DOI 10.3897/popecon.3.e39152 DATA PAPER Demographic, economic, geospatial data for municipalities of the Central Federal District in Russia (excluding the city of Moscow and the Moscow oblast) in 2010-2016 Irina E. Kalabikhina1, Denis N. Mokrensky2, Aleksandr N. Panin3 1 Faculty of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia 2 Independent researcher 3 Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia Received 10 December 2019 ♦ Accepted 28 December 2019 ♦ Published 30 December 2019 Citation: Kalabikhina IE, Mokrensky DN, Panin AN (2019) Demographic, economic, geospatial data for munic- ipalities of the Central Federal District in Russia (excluding the city of Moscow and the Moscow oblast) in 2010- 2016. Population and Economics 3(4): 121–134. https://doi.org/10.3897/popecon.3.e39152 Keywords Data base, demographic, economic, geospatial data JEL Codes: J1, J3, R23, Y10, Y91 I. Brief description The database contains demographic, economic, geospatial data for 452 municipalities of the 16 administrative units of the Central Federal District (excluding the city of Moscow and the Moscow oblast) for 2010–2016 (Appendix, Table 1; Fig. 1). The sources of data are the municipal-level statistics of Rosstat, Google Maps data and calculated indicators. II. Data resources Data package title: Demographic, economic, geospatial data for municipalities of the Cen- tral Federal District in Russia (excluding the city of Moscow and the Moscow oblast) in 2010–2016. Copyright I.E. Kalabikhina, D.N.Mokrensky, A.N.Panin The article is publicly available and in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution license (CC-BY 4.0) can be used without limits, distributed and reproduced on any medium, pro- vided that the authors and the source are indicated. -
Science of Economics
ACC JOURNAL XXVI 2/2020 Issue B Science of Economics TECHNICKÁ UNIVERZITA V LIBERCI HOCHSCHULE ZITTAU/GÖRLITZ INTERNATIONALES HOCHSCHULINSTITUT ZITTAU (TU DRESDEN) UNIWERSYTET EKONOMICZNY WE WROCŁAWIU WYDZIAŁ EKONOMII, ZARZĄDZANIA I TURYSTYKI W JELENIEJ GÓRZE Indexed in: Liberec – Zittau/Görlitz – Wrocław/Jelenia Góra © Technická univerzita v Liberci 2020 ISSN 1803-9782 (Print) ISSN 2571-0613 (Online) ACC JOURNAL je mezinárodní vědecký časopis, jehož vydavatelem je Technická univerzita v Liberci. Na jeho tvorbě se podílí čtyři vysoké školy sdružené v Akademickém koordinačním středisku v Euroregionu Nisa (ACC). Ročně vycházejí zpravidla tři čísla. ACC JOURNAL je periodikum publikující původní recenzované vědecké práce, vědecké studie, příspěvky ke konferencím a výzkumným projektům. První číslo obsahuje příspěvky zaměřené na oblast přírodních věd a techniky, druhé číslo je zaměřeno na oblast ekonomie, třetí číslo pojednává o tématech ze společenských věd. ACC JOURNAL má charakter recenzovaného časopisu. Jeho vydání navazuje na sborník „Vědecká pojednání“, který vycházel v letech 1995-2008. ACC JOURNAL is an international scientific journal. It is published by the Technical University of Liberec. Four universities united in the Academic Coordination Centre in the Euroregion Nisa participate in its production. There are usually three issues of the journal annually. ACC JOURNAL is a periodical publishing original reviewed scientific papers, scientific studies, papers presented at conferences, and findings of research projects. The first issue focuses on natural sciences and technology, the second issue deals with the science of economics, and the third issue contains findings from the area of social sciences. ACC JOURNAL is a reviewed one. It is building upon the tradition of the “Scientific Treatises” published between 1995 and 2008. -
Russian NGO Shadow Report on the Observance of the Convention
Russian NGO Shadow Report on the Observance of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment by the Russian Federation for the period from 2001 to 2005 Moscow, May 2006 CONTENT Introduction .......................................................................................................................................4 Summary...........................................................................................................................................5 Article 2 ..........................................................................................................................................14 Measures taken to improve the conditions in detention facilities .............................................14 Measures to improve the situation in penal institutions and protection of prisoners’ human rights ..........................................................................................................................................15 Measures taken to improve the situation in temporary isolation wards of the Russian Ministry for Internal Affairs and other custodial places ..........................................................................16 Measures taken to prevent torture and cruel and depredating treatment in work of police and other law-enforcement institutions ............................................................................................16 Measures taken to prevent cruel treatment in the armed forces ................................................17 -
Transporting Russian Natural Gas to Western Europe – from Source to Market
FACT SHEET December 2013 Transporting Russian Natural Gas to Western Europe – From Source to Market Overview of the pipelines connecting to Nord Stream Owner of the pipeline Operator 1 Bovanenkovo-Ukhta pipeline 2 SRTO-Torzhok pipeline 3 Brotherhood pipeline Gazprom Gazprom 4 Pochinki-Gryazovets pipeline 5 Gryazovets-Vyborg pipeline 6 Nord Stream Pipeline Nord Stream AG shareholders: Nord Stream AG OAO Gazprom (51%), Wintershall Holding GmbH (15.5%), E.ON SE (15.5%), N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie (9%), GDF SUEZ (9%) OPAL Gastransport W & G Beteiligungs-GmbH & Co. KG (80%), GmbH & Co. KG, 7 OPAL pipeline Lubmin-Brandov Gastransport GmbH (20%) Lubmin-Brandov Gastransport GmbH NEL Gastransport GmbH, NEL Gastransport GmbH (51%), Gasunie Gasunie Ostseeanbindungsleitung GmbH 8 NEL pipeline Ostseeanbindun (25%), gsleitung GmbH, Fluxys Deutschland GmbH (24%) Fluxys Deutschland GmbH 1 Industriestrasse 18 Moscow Branch 6304 Zug, Switzerland ul. Znamenka 7, bld. 3 Tel. +41 (0) 41 766 91 91 119019 Moscow, Russia Fax +41 (0) 41 766 91 92 Tel. +7 (0) 495 229 65 85 www.nord-stream.com Fax +7 (0) 495 229 65 80 Gas production sources Russia is one of the countries with the largest gas reserves in the world. With 32,900 bcm, Russia has 17.6% of the world's currently known natural gas reserves.1 This is equal to around 56 years of Russian gas production at 2012 levels or around 74 years of EU gas demand at 2012 levels. The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates the ultimately recoverable gas resources2 in Russia to be three times as high – 127,000 bcm, of which 21,000 bcm have already been produced. -
Aron Levin Interviewer: Simon Rekhson Date of Interview: December 20, 2013 Location of Interview: 1221 Drury Court, Apt
Soviet Jewish Oral History Project Western Reserve Historical Society Interviewee: Aron Levin Interviewer: Simon Rekhson Date of interview: December 20, 2013 Location of interview: 1221 Drury Court, Apt. 442, Mayfield Heights File WS310064 Simon Rekhson: Okay, today is December 20th, 2013. We are in Aron Levin’s apartment to conduct an interview for the Western Reserve Historical Society. About your life, Aron. Welcome! It’s a big honor and joy for me to interview you, but first we need to go over a few standard questions just for the record. So, could you please introduce yourself: what’s your name? Aron Levin: Aron Levin. I was born on January 1st in 1917. What else? SR: Where? AL: I was born in the village of Bervenovka, in the Gomel Region. This used to be Russia, and in about 1924, it became Belarus. We had to flee there from the thugs that ran this part of Gomel. And according to my passport, I was born in [the city of] Gomel. There was an external investigation there, because all of the documents had been lost along the way, and in my passport, it says that I was born January 1st, 1917, in the city of Gomel. SR: January 1st, 1917. The year of the revolution. AL: Yes. Well, at that time, our family was made up of nine people. Earlier, it used to be eleven, but two of them had already died—before the revolution, I think. So, in our family, we had five girls and two boys, including me. That is, five sisters and me. -
Avant-Garde Museology E-Flux Classics
Avant-Garde Museology e-flux Classics Avant-Garde Museology Arseny Zhilyaev, Editor Distributed by the University Published in collaboration with of Minnesota Press V-A-C Foundation CONTENTS Acknowledgments . 13 Arseny Zhilyaev Preface . 15 Julieta Aranda, Brian Kuan Wood, Anton Vidokle Introduction Avant-GARDE MuseoLogY: Toward a History of a Pilot Experiment . 21 Arseny Zhilyaev I Museum as Common Task The Museum, its Meaning and Mission (c. 1880s) . 59 Nikolai Fedorov The ART of ResembLance (of False Artistic Regeneration) and the ART of ReaLitY (Real Resurrection): Ptolemaic and Copernican Art (c. 1890s) . 143 Nikolai Fedorov The VORonezh Museum in 1998 (1898) . 149 Nikolai Fedorov Contents Contents the CATHERINE THE GREAT EXHIBITION II at the VORonezh RegionaL Museum The Museum of Avant-Gardism (1896) . 165 Nikolai Fedorov and Nikolai Peterson ON THE CathedRAL OF THE RESURRECTING THE MUSEUM OF ART, an EXceRpt FRom MUSEUM (1921) . 171 the noveL RED STAR (1908) . 255 Vasiliy Chekrygin Aleksandr Bogdanov THE CHURCH RITUAL AS A SYNTHESIS OF ON THE MUSEUM (1919) . 267 THE ARTS (1918) . 197 Kazimir Malevich Pavel Florensky THE MUSEUM NewspapeR: Suggestions for ON THE CReation OF A PANTHEON IN THE Regional Museums and Community Centers USSR: A Proposal (1927) . 215 (1931) . 275 Vladimir Bekhterev V. Karpov MateRIALS ON THE INSTITUTE OF BiogRAPHY AvaLANCHE EXHIBITIONS: The Experience (1920) . 223 of the Leningrad Organization of Worker-Artists Nikolai Rybnikov (1933) . 279 Leonid Chetyrkin THE REVOLUTION MEMORIAL RESERvation, AN EXCERPT FROM THE NOVEL CHEVENGUR ON THE QUESTION OF MUSEUMS: Record of (1926 –28) . 233 the Discussion of Problems and Objectives of Andrey Platonov Fine Art Museums at the Art and Industry Board (1919) . -
Solutions in Adaptation to Climate Change Aya 1-19
PROJECT CODE SOLUTIONS IN ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE AYA 1-19 Project details Code: AYA 1-19 Date: 2019-07-02 / 2019-07-15 Total places: 2 Age: 18 - 30 Name: SOLUTIONS IN ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE Type of work: Environmental (ENVI) Country: RUSIA Location: TARASOVSKAYA VILLAGE Address: TARASOVSKAYA VILLAGE Email: Phone Number: Web: Fee: 0.0 EUR Languages: English, Russian GPS location GPS: lat: 55.9597245, lng: 37.8253545 Click to open in Google Maps Description Partner: The project is organized through assistance to the environmental education project Forest School. The ForestSchool is a project of a training centre established in a Russian northern village. Teachers of the Forest Schoolstrive to conduct a friendly environment, hold educational events for children, youth and adults, which study the lawsof nature, the culture of the Russian village, traditional and innovative knowledge. Teachers of the Forest School areexperts in their field recognized in Russia and abroad. The camp is organised for the demonstration platform ofForest school which shows local solutions in reduction of carbine-dioxide footprint and adaptation to the climatechange. The camp will have up to 100 Russian participants. Work: Volunteers will learn and practise use of alternative sources of energy, practise permaculture (gardening and animalcare), create meaningful art objects (art science) and eco-buildings, make forest research etc. Accomodation and food: Accommodation in guest houses of the Forest School. There is a warm water, WC and banya (Russian sauna).Mobile and Internet connection is available via Yota, Megafone and MTC,The food is organized: It is prepared bycooks and the participants help in the kitchen in turns.The menu is vegetarian (possibly vegan).There are shops,polyclinic in the nearest village Alferovskaya (25km), The nearest train station iz in Kizema.