he objective of the paper is to give a more accurate economic image of Kaliningrad Oblast in terms of its trade both with foreign countries and with mainland Russia. Starting with detailed calculations and analysis, the authors come to the conclusions of a high degree of trade openness, utmost...

[eng] This article analyses the role of foreign direct investment upon the current restructuring process of Central and Eastern Countries and their progressive integration into the European area. Hungary has been focused on as it is considered to be the most attractive among transition...

The article deals with the problems of Kaliningrad Oblast which are very important taking into account the expansion of the EU. Many specialists continue to develop the myth of Kaliningrad as a poor region. However the scrupulous analysis shows that Kalinigrad is a well developed region...

Mercantilism (16th-18th centuries) is a set of precepts concerning economic policy. It places the State at the heart of national economic development. Wealth is conceived as serving power. Mercantilists share a static conception of international economic relations, considering that one country...

The paper investigates the potentials of ICT in Russia for tackling the challenges of huge territory, strong regional disparities, segmentation of economic space and over-centralisation by Moscow. The Internet currently imposes a definite regional discrimination in Russia based on complex...

A collection of the papers and digests on the issues related to regional economic and political integration, primarily in the post-Soviet space. An annual publication of the Eurasian Development Bank edited by Evgeny Vinokurov, director of EDB Centre for Integration Studies.