{"title":"Will the Federal Budget for 2021–2023 Fiscal Years be Able to Ensure the Achievement of Strategic Goal and to Assure the Economic Security of the Russian Federation?","authors":"I. Karaeva, A. Kolomiets, S. Kazantsev","doi":"10.21686/2073-1051-2021-1-115-131","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21686/2073-1051-2021-1-115-131","url":null,"abstract":"The principles of drawing up the Federal Budget for 2021–2023, adopted in December 2020, are based on macroeconomic conditions. The probability to fulfill these conditions can’t be rated as high. In addition, these conditions ignore a number of significant threats to the economic security of the Russian Federation caused by; the continuation of the COVID-pandemic in 2021 and the increased risk of similar threats; the reduction of the trade balance; the continuation of the general reduced in the level of the Russian population’s well-being, and by the lack of resources for investments. It is also impossible not to draw attention to the fact that within the framework of the budget concept, they set up a task to ensure the growth rate of the national economy at the level of a stagnant three percent. Moreover, in the context of the ongoing development of the pandemic, the President of the Russian Federation postpones until 2030 the achievement of many important goals that they forecast to achieve by 2024. Therefore, the trend of a long-term policy of sluggish, and in principle decaying, economic development with the minimization of inflationary processes at the level of four percent is forming. At the same time, budgeted principles generate not only the direction and dynamics of socio-economic development of the Russian Federation, but the same pace and guidelines for the development of the subjects of the Russian Federation. But! Today, new trends in the development of a rapidly transforming post-pandemic economy require the search for new internal drivers of development, including financial ones, require a transition to a model of breakthrough economic growth at both at the federal and regional levels. The country is entering an economy that has other priorities. So, we need other rules of fiscal policy.","PeriodicalId":30952,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives on Federalism","volume":"87 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89044001","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}
{"title":"Urbooriented Development of the National Innovative System in the US Metro Areas","authors":"V. Minat","doi":"10.21686/2073-1051-2021-1-187-206","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21686/2073-1051-2021-1-187-206","url":null,"abstract":"The socio-economic heterogeneity of spatial development is reflected in modern agglomeration processes, reflecting, first of all, the concentration and localization of innovative activity of elements of innovation systems of the national, regional and transregional levels associated with the reproduction process of the innovation economy. In the United States of America, a country that occupies a leading position, both in terms of innovative development and the process of urbanization, there is undoubtedly a close relationship and interaction of innovatively active elements and economic agents with the structures that form the country’s metropolitan areas. Within the framework of this interaction, carried out under the influence of agglomeration effects in the space of post-industrial agglomerations of the United States, the urban-oriented development of the national innovation system is actively carried out, which is empirically confirmed in the framework of the study. The revealed correlation and indicative relationship between the noted phenomena made it possible to substantiate a number of specific features of the American metropolitan areas as geospatial conglomerates of innovative activity at the transregional level.","PeriodicalId":30952,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives on Federalism","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75285307","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}
{"title":"On the Threshold of a New Regionalization","authors":"M. V. Gligich-Zolotareva","doi":"10.21686/2073-1051-2021-1-165-186","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21686/2073-1051-2021-1-165-186","url":null,"abstract":"American and European federalism served as a real model in the construction of the domestic state system for a long time. It is difficult to deny that these were indeed the best known examples of the organization of the administration of geographically complex states. But the coronavirus pandemic has escalated old socio-political and economic contradictions. The regionalization become one of the trends in the development of the state in the era of coronavirus. It means that role of regions and municipalities become disproportionately sharp. As a result decentralization and even separatism have grown. Similar problems can lead to the undermining not only of the economy, but also of territorial and even political integrity in most countries. The situation of tension between the center and the regions concerned not only sufficiently well-established Federal state such as the US, but the so-called “regional states” – Great Britain, Italy, Spain, and even interstate associations represented by the European Union. Obviously, the well-studied models of federalism of Western countries can no longer be a reference point for Russia and other countries. We need own models of state-territorial structure.","PeriodicalId":30952,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives on Federalism","volume":"210 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72428013","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}
{"title":"Using the Mechanisms of the Paris Climate Agreement for Conservation and Reforestation in the Russian Federation .","authors":"A. Stetsenko, V. B. Uvarov","doi":"10.21686/2073-1051-2020-4-141-156","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21686/2073-1051-2020-4-141-156","url":null,"abstract":"The problem of climate change is a global challenge of the XXI century for all mankind. However, despite the adoption of the Paris climate agreement, which is designed to synchronize the actions of various countries, individual countries or groups of countries are taking the path of obtaining unilateral preferences under the pretext of fulfilling the obligations stipulated in the agreement. The article analyzes the challenges and risks that Russia may face in the absence of its own greenhouse gas regulation systems against the background of the declared and implemented in a number of countries policy of achieving zero greenhouse gas emissions. Ways to fully utilize the potential absorption capacity of Russian forests and other ecosystems in relation to the goals of the Paris climate agreement are considered. We are talking about potential effects for the Russian economy in the form of domestic investment in forest projects to absorb CO2, while increasing the competitiveness of Russian export products in the context of the introduction of protectionist measures by individual countries under the pretext of fighting for “climate neutrality”.","PeriodicalId":30952,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives on Federalism","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86556884","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}
{"title":"Cultural Mandate of Local Governance: Running in Place","authors":"V. Muzychuk","doi":"10.21686/2073-1051-2020-4-90-106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21686/2073-1051-2020-4-90-106","url":null,"abstract":"At present, local governments are unable to fulfil their cultural mandate either in terms of their functionality, or in the context of the required funding, or in terms of the scale and importance of tasks related to the development of culture. The article examines the problem of the ability of local governments to address the cultural agenda: the content of the network of municipal cultural institutions and ensuring the availability of cultural goods for the general population. The actions of the state over the past three decades testify to the implementation in Russia of managerial decisions that are extremely unfriendly to the cultural sphere. Firstly, we are talking about the reform of the budgetary sector, marked by the optimization, unification and commercialization of cultural institutions and a reduction in the number of employees. Secondly, within the framework of the reform of local government, all responsibility for the functioning of the so-called grassroots level of culture: public libraries, cultural and leisure institutions, local museums and art schools was transferred to the municipal level without bringing the required amount of public funding. The situation is aggravated by the accumulated socio-economic problems of municipalities, which reflected in the cultural sphere. A way out of the closed circle is seen in the revision and a clear definition of the area of responsibility of local government bodies in the field of culture and guaranteed public funding.","PeriodicalId":30952,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives on Federalism","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81353225","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}
{"title":"Some Areas of Development of Legislation on Local Self-Government in the Light of Amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation","authors":"E. V. Kiskin","doi":"10.21686/2073-1051-2020-4-197-126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21686/2073-1051-2020-4-197-126","url":null,"abstract":"The introduction of large-scale amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation actualizes the discussion on the areas of development of Russian legislation on local selfgovernment. The article examines the social and legal nature of Russian local self-government, substantiates the conclusion about its duality (the level of public power and the institution of civil society), analyzes the place and role of local self-government in the unified system of public authority. The author comes to the conclusion that the goal of further improving the legislation on local self-government should be recognized as an increase in the efficiency of local self-government in two directions: in solving issues of local importance and performing other public functions (operational efficiency), as well as in meeting the request of citizens for direct participation in the management of common deeds (social efficiency). Based on this goal, possible scenarios for the development of legislation on local self-government are analyzed in two aspects: the territorial structure of local self-government and the competence of local self-government.","PeriodicalId":30952,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives on Federalism","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75313930","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}
{"title":"Structure of Technological Dynamics and Economic Growth of Russia","authors":"O. Sukharev","doi":"10.21686/2073-1051-2020-4-5-25","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21686/2073-1051-2020-4-5-25","url":null,"abstract":"The slowdown in Russia’s economic growth to the “covid crisis”, as well as the possibility of restoring growth and forming a new model of it, are associated with the need to overcome structural constraints. Moreover, the plans for the recovery of the Russian economy note the need not only for a stimulating macroeconomic policy, but also for the implementation of structural changes through technological renewal. However, technological modernization is highly dependent on the existing mode of technological development – the current and future demand for new technologies. The implementation of the country’s technological development strategy requires an assessment of the existing technological structure with a measurement of its reaction to ongoing investments in support of obsolete and emergence of new technologies. Different sectors of the economy and its regions, having a different set of technologies and their structure, show a different level of manufacturability, which is understood as the ratio of the volume of innovative to non-innovative products. The sensitivity of this parameter to investments in new and outdated technologies is also different, which cannot be taken into account in the formation of investment and technological development policies for both individual regions and Russia as a whole. Using structural and regression analysis, this study provides a picture of the structure of the technological Russian economy. It is shown that technological modernization also involves the movement of resources in the sectoral and regional context in order to eliminate structural and technological imbalances in development. Investment policy should be reduced not only to increasing investments, but also to managing their structure in conjunction with replacing old technologies in order to level and improve the overall manufacturability. This will require solving the promising problem of increasing the sensitivity of manufacturability to investments in new technologies. In the long term, this approach will make it possible to single out the modes of regional technological development, not only ranking regions in terms of sensitivity to new and old technologies, but also developing a selective set of regional policy measures.Keywords: “covid crisis”, economic growth, industrialization, investments, structural changes, structural dynamics, technologies, technological effectiveness of the regional economy.","PeriodicalId":30952,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives on Federalism","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90153913","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}
{"title":"Economic Cooperation Between Russia and China in the Context of Modernization of their National Economies","authors":"N. Stepanov, E. A. Sokolovskaya","doi":"10.21686/2073-1051-2020-4-157-172","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21686/2073-1051-2020-4-157-172","url":null,"abstract":"The current model of state regulation in China has allowed it to take a special place in the modern process of reformatting the system of international economic relations. This model, based on a combination of strategic and indicative planning, market competition, and targeted lending to significant government projects, allowed us to ensure not only the growth of consumption, but also the development of investment platforms aimed at reducing risks, creating social entrepreneurship institutions, and so on. Strengthening economic cooperation between the PRC and the Russian Federation is an important factor in solving not only the internal problems of both countries, but also strengthening stability in the far Eastern region. The article analyzes the problems of Russian-Chinese cooperation related to the increase in financial flows between the two countries, mutual investment, the lack of existing bilateral effective and reliable settlement channels and payment systems, etc. In General, strengthening cooperation between Russia and China is an important component of the structural modernization of the domestic economy.","PeriodicalId":30952,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives on Federalism","volume":"59 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86701888","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}
{"title":"Changes in the Regional Markets of Daily Demand Goods in the COVID-19 Pandemic","authors":"L. Oveshnikova, E. Sibirskaya, G. Slepneva","doi":"10.21686/2073-1051-2020-4-42-67","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21686/2073-1051-2020-4-42-67","url":null,"abstract":"The negative changes in the socio-economic situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic cannot be overcome quickly. Shocks will manifest themselves over a long period of time, and all market participants will be tested. In this situation, it is especially important not only those decisions that are aimed at ensuring current socio-economic stability, but also going beyond the satisfaction of urgent needs, setting up in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation the implementation of a long-term policy of vigorous and sustainable economic recovery, taking into account new challenges. The current pandemic has already seriously affected the change in purchasing behavior in the regions of the Russian Federation, therefore the value of the promptness of analysis in modern conditions is especially important. This article provides a first snapshot of an assessment of the regional FMCG market amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The study assesses the factor relationships between the consumption of essential goods and the","PeriodicalId":30952,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives on Federalism","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79159305","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}
{"title":"From Strategic Planning to Territorial Resilience","authors":"A. Odintsova","doi":"10.21686/2073-1051-2020-4-26-41","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21686/2073-1051-2020-4-26-41","url":null,"abstract":"The adoption of the Strategy for the Spatial Development of the Russian Federation marked a new stage in the development of the practice of territorial strategizing. However, the lack of terminological clarity is one of the factors limiting the potential of this institution. Thus, the sustainability of socio-economic development, which is somehow present as the main goal in most territorial strategies, raises a number of questions. Taking into account the accumulated domestic and world experience, there are several interpretations of this concept: sustainability as stable rates of economic growth; sustainability as a concept developed at the UNO, requiring a balanced account of the environmental, social and economic components of social development; resistance to counteraction to various challenges and shocks. This article attempts to outline the main problems that arise due to the lack of clarity in the “dilution” of these concepts. In the world scientific literature and practice, the territorial potential for resilience to disasters has long been described by the concept of “resilience”, the content of which is considered in the paper.","PeriodicalId":30952,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives on Federalism","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75460115","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}