The article discusses the challenges of the economic crisis and the problems that the crisis has exposed. Ways to overcome the crisis are reviewed with particular attention focused on Russia's modernization problems.

The author analyzes in turn the impact of the financial crisis on Russia, China, and Kazakhstan. He argues that the pattern of interaction within the âtriangleâ will depend on how rapidly each country overcomes the crisis.

The author examines the current and potential application of international law to the goal of saving the unique ecosystem of the Caspian Sea from theecological threats posed by oil and gas development.

The article considers features of the current global crisis with respect to the principles of mathematical model building. It describes the formal structure, substantial characteristics, and preliminary results of calculations for the model of the Russian economy are described as well as its...

The authors describe the most important measures that should be enforced to reach the goals and objectives set by the government for the health-care system to ensure the necessary level of health for the population. These measures include: providing government guarantees of free medical care;...

In the current article, we perform a complex analysis of the problems and prospects of the development of human resources for health (HRH) in Ukraine. For this purpose, we consider the core factors (i.e., demographic, economic, and social) determining human-resource potential in public health at...

The article deals with the unsatisfactory conditions of existing houses and apartment buildings as well as the slowdown in current housing construction in Russia. An analysis of the correlation between the level of housing construction and demographic dynamics reveals the significance of effects...

The article analyzes a model of vertical differentiation applied to the information technologies (IT) sector, which demonstrates that the IT market is a natural oligopoly. The article also analyzes the characteristics of IT products and types of competition as well as the situation of the...

The article analyzes changes in monetary policy goals and instruments during the global economic crisis in industrial countries and Russia. The authors emphasize the need for an active exchange rate policy in Russia, and for the development of interest rate instruments via the implementation of...

The author argues that the current crisis marks a shift to a new world order in which China will play a much greater role. He discusses the implications for Ukraine's security and foreign policy.