Volume 2017, Issue 3, 2017

The paper introduces some Russian and foreign researches connected with current position and a role the young play in the society, as well as with youth policy and the youth organizations in social and political structure. According to the author, one can distinguish three groups of youth movements, according to their forms, the areas of work and the methods of activity, in relation to the present stage of development of the youth organizations: moderate, centrist and radical. The current studies in this field are gradually moving from social and psychological terrain into the political one. The author assumes this might be connected with growth of political culture among the youth, their desire to become specialists in the vocation they have chosen and their readiness to act not only as an object of socio-political processes, but also the active co-author of political changes in the state. Therefore, the term «left youth organizations» finds more and more application in this regard. The term is connected with the work of moderate and radical youth movements and the organizations that pay attention in their program documents to the matters of social justice, the principles of solidarity and internationalism in the Russian political practice.

This paper features economic-geographical, historical and political comparison between Patagonia and Siberia as the biggest resource-oriented peripheries of the world. A conclusion is made about the similarity of the social-economic role of these regions as a low-populated raw material base with small share of industry. Although the regional policy toward Patagonia has never been regulated by any program or strategic document the way it is in Siberia and East regions of China, some success has been achieved, especially in oil refining. The article analyzes the main governmental acts aimed at overcoming the raw material base role and decentralizing the Argentinean economy in the second half of XX century. The general problems obstructing the realization of the long-term measures are the political instability of Argentina and its high dependency on the economy on foreign capital. The experience of Patagonia in the field of tax regulating, company registering limits and capital planning can be interpolated to the situation in Siberia and can become the subject of a more detailed research.

Interethnic interaction, which is traditionally important in science, politics, and everyday life, largely depends on one’s ethnic identity: the degree of identification with a particular national group, its foundations, culture, and mentality. The information about the manifestations of ethnic identity can timely identify emerging national and international problems in society and find the ways to resolve them. The purpose of this article is to analyze the individual characteristics of the ethnic identity of the population of the Kemerovo Region, obtained by a regional sociological survey conducted by a street express interview in October 2017 among the adult population of the region with a representative sample. The obtained sociological facts demonstrate a relatively low level of cognitive and, especially, behavioral identity of Kuzbass residents, the vast majority belonging to the Russian population. A little more than a third of the respondents admitted a sufficiently high level of awareness of their national culture peculiarities. Most of the national customs and traditions are observed by less than 30 % of the region inhabitants. Two-thirds of Kuzbass residents have never protected the interests of their nationality in any disputes or conflicts. The integral indicator of the level of ethnic identity was just over 3 points on a five-point scale. A low degree of ethnicity speaks of the need to adjust national policies at the regional and municipal levels.

The article considers tourism attractiveness as a part of the local overall attractiveness and its role in the policy of economy diversification in a resource region. The paper features the Kemerovo region as a typical region of the «resource type», whose economy is based mostly on export-oriented industries (coal mining, metallurgy, heavy machinery, chemical products). It presents the results of a survey aimed at identifying attractive and unattractive sides of the region as a tourist destination. The respondents were residents of the Kemerovo region and adjacent territories, the European part of Russia, Ural region, as well as Transbaikalia and the Far East. The analysis allows one to identify the importance of proper positioning of the region on the domestic tourist market and highlights some particular features of the formation and promotion of a positive image of the Kemerovo region. The local tourist industry is considered an alternative source of additional income in the economy that promotes a long-term sustainable development. The current paper offers a complex of measures aimed at increasing the tourism attractiveness of the Kemerovo region.

The research is devoted to the evaluation of the tourism potential and tourist attractiveness of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous district. In the modern conditions of intensive development of the economy, it is important to pay attention to the sustainable development of the regions. The author gives brief characteristics of the region, including geographical location, topography, natural diversity of water resources and wildlife, the development of transport infrastructure. The given research required a thorough study of the types of tourism that have potential for the development in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous district. The paper features an analysis of hotels and alternative accommodation in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous district and adjacent regions. It can be concluded that the most promising direction is the development of natural and ethnographic tourism, as the region is known for its pristine beauty and intact nature, and the unique local culture and customs are extremely attractive for travelers. The author concludes that this area has the broadest potential for development of tourism in the context of sustainable development of the region.

The article considers the condition of sources of fish, seafood and products of their processing on the Russian fish market. It analyses the data on fish production, shellfish and other biological resources for the period 2010–2016 and presents justification for the revealed dependences of fish volume production as well as the structure of fishery of various fish. The research features the data on sales volumes in retail trade of fish goods and the structure of their range. The analysis of data on volumes of the foreign trade market of Russia shows that the export of fish, seafood and products of their processing has increased by six percent and import was reduced by nine percent. Due to this fact the share of domestic fish production has reached 83 %, which exceeds the norms established by the Food Security Doctrine of the Russian Federation. The paper also describes the current problems of the Russian fish market and offers solutions and the prospects for its development.

The article is devoted to the issues of economic development of the Far Eastern territories of Russia. The Russian Far East occupies a rather advantageous economic and geographical position in Russia and the Asia-Pacific region since it borders with China, Japan and the United States. The purpose of the research is to determine the main directions for improving the economic development of the Far Eastern coastal territories, to compare the development of the coastal territories of the Far East, namely, the territory of Primorsky Krai with other countries, to provide a comparative analysis and draw certain conclusions. The area of the region makes up 36 % of the whole Russian territory while its population is only 4 % of the country’s population, which is due to severe weather conditions and weak economic development. The gross regional product to the Far East accounts for 5.7 % of the GRP of Russia. The paper features foreign experience in the development of coastal territories in the USA, China, Japan and Canada. It can be concluded that Russia significantly lags behind these countries in terms of GDP, exports, involvement in trade with the Asia-Pacific Region, and the sale of manufacturing products. A comparative analysis showed that the industrial structure of Russian coastal areas is similar only with those of Canada in raw material orientation of shipped goods, population of the port cities, whereas the indicators of the volume of Far Eastern cargo transportation in Russia lag behind all the countries examined. Apparently the main areas of development of the Far Eastern territories are: structural changes in the economy; attracting foreign investment in the creation of both mining, logging, and processing industries; development of transport infrastructure.

The article presents a system of accounts of receivable management, including the methodology for its analysis in terms of customer base. The study was conducted with the purpose of optimization of client work within the accounts receivable management, improving the speed and quality of managerial decisions. Deferred payment in the sale of products (works, services) is considered as the basis of trustful and lasting relationships with clients, as it determines the attractiveness of the transaction, contributes to the preservation and expansion of client base. In the management of accounts legal, organizational and economic aspects can be distinguished. System analysis of receivables includes such areas as the analysis of the dynamics and structure of receivables, speed and time of its circulation, the analysis in the context of the debtors ‘ businesses and the analysis of the customer base, performance assessment of the sales divisions, the level of risk of non-payment, delinquency of payment. The developed method of structural-group analysis of customers-debtors, built on a modification of the RFM analysis. The method of analysis of the clients-debtors allows them to rank in status, according to which transaction terms have to be adjusted.

Subject. The paper is devoted to the features of investment activities of the Bank of Russia. Purpose and tasks. The research features the content and the investment activity analysis of the Bank of Russia. Methodology. The methodological basis of the research is made by general scientific method and comparative analysis. Results. The carried-out comparative analysis has allowed the author to reveal contradictions and features of investment activities of the Bank of Russia as well as to designate its problems. The author has analyzed the structure of investments of the Bank of Russia and the central foreign banks, the dynamics of investments of the Bank of Russia in securities of foreign issuers and means of the Government of the Russian Federation and specific weight of assets of the central bank in the national banking system. Conclusions and Significance. The research conducted in this article allows one to claim that the Bank of Russia, as a subject of investment activities, displays a number of general and specific contradictions. The fundamental contradiction of investment activities proves to be that between profitability, liquidity and risk. The paper offers some approaches to rationalization of investment activities of the Bank of Russia and increase in its efficiency within preservation of a priority of the regulating functions over obtaining positive economic effect.

This article takes a look at modeling of features of investment cycles in the regions of the Russian Federation based on statistic data for 1999–2015. As characteristics of investment process the investment density per sq. miles of territory and the intensity of its growth are used. Curves and functions of these cycles are limited with envelope curves and functions that display geographical environment in the region. Refined equations of investment cycles provide a sufficient description of the patterns of change in the intensity of investment growth from inception to crisis. Based on the equations, sustainable regional indicators and enveloped trends are highlighted. It characterizes the regional economy with such relative temporal indices as conditional economic age and the age of development of the territory. These indices are associated with the level of the resource consumption specialization of the region and with the development potential of its economy. According to the result of the calculation, this investment cycle in Russia was caused by the 1998 economic crisis, which radically transformed the financial and economic system of the country. The resultant innovative investment cycle was released against the backdrop of high world prices for oil, the world financial and economic crisis and sank, leading to fracture of positive trends, the gradual slowdown investments and indicates the possibility of new economic crisis in Russia in the coming years.

The study of methods aimed at determining the standard of life has revealed the key performance indicator, i. e. satisfaction of needs of the population in food. The limited possibilities of satisfaction of the population in food products (inefficient use of resources, unfavorable climatic conditions, high costs of treatment in the industry) has necessitated the search for their solutions. The article describes the main directions for increasing satisfaction of the population in food products. These directions are identified through research of the current situation on the market of food products. In the current economic conditions it is impossible to fully provide the population with food in accordance with physiological norms. The study identified the main directions of growth satisfaction of the needs of population in food products, which consists in: implementation of the results of the «green revolution» in agriculture, policy of import substitution, issuing ration cards for the poor, increase of real incomes of population, as well as in the production of balanced food.

In many developed countries integrated reporting currently acts as an indicator of the value and success of the company’s development in different types of markets. This type of reporting is designed to form a business model, improve management effectiveness and give the most objective assessment of the company’s risks and opportunities. In integrated reports particular attention is given to the presentation of performance results for production and financial indicators. Nevertheless, most Russian companies due to the small scale of their activities and weak competencies in the sphere of accounting are not ready to provide information in this format at the moment. The most prepared industry for the formation of integrated reports is the energy sector, related to natural monopolies. Accordingly, the authors carry out a comparative analysis of methods of information coverage on the main elements of integrated reporting in order to identify the potential opportunities of companies that develop reports on the principles of international financial reporting standards (IFRS) or the Russian standards of the Generally Accepted Accounting Practices (GAAP).