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The article describes the current environmental legislation in Russia, the effectiveness of which is generally evaluated as low. The author of the article sees the main reason for such a situation in the absence of a federal specialized executive body in the environmental sphere, which would be directly interested in the development of environmental law. It is emphasized that the current increase in the number of environmental laws, as a rule, does not entail an improvement in environmental affairs. This is largely due to the insufficient elaboration of the mechanism for the implementation of various legal norms reflecting issues of compliance, use, application and punishment for violations in the environmental sphere, as well as due to the lack of effective levers that would encourage enterprises to introduce environmental protection measures. This, in particular, convincingly confirms the current situation in the field of forestry and water management, by the example of which the main problematic aspects of the application of forest and water legislation are analyzed. It is shown that the adoption of editions of the Water (2006) and Forest (2007) codes not only did not improve the situation in the field of water and forest management, but also greatly aggravated the existing and gave rise to new problems. The consequences of serious gaps in forest and water law are disclosed and measures are proposed for the development of environmental legislation in force in Russia.

Institutional changes within the public procurement system in the Russian Federation are based on establishing economic conditions that reduce informational asymmetry and transaction costs of exchanges. The paper presents a quantitative analysis of the basic regulatory documents that have determined the conducts rules for government customers and suppliers in public and municipal procurement in 2001-2018 with the emphasis on electronization of procurement technologies. A frequency histogram of common lexical codes in the sequence of basic regulatory documents is compiled. The author arrives to conclusions about the attitude of legislators to securing the quality of procured products, the anticorruption aspect of the law and electronization of this sector of the economy. Qualitative characteristics of significant correlation ratios between lexical codes help evaluate the informational basis embedded in the regulatory documentation.

Besides direct financial benefits, innovation activity offers wide spectrum of opportunities for solution of given societal problems, including those linked to anthropogenic influence on the environment. It is argued conceptually that a regional innovation system is able to act as instrument of efficient nature-use management in conditions of heavy metal pollution via formation of infrastructure for achievement of complex project solutions. Consideration of the example of mercury pollution in lower Don River in the Rostov Region shows that the initial phase of formation of the regional innovation systems and unsustainability of its development limit the utility of such an instrument, especially in regard to the multiple and heterogeneous sources of pollution.

This article explores the high-tech industries of manufacturing and services in Russia. We identify their sources of growth during the crisis period and features of territorial distribution. Sources of growth are different for different industries. The generation of new enterprises had the greatest impact on the growth of revenues of service industries related to the development of software and information technologies. The leading source of growth in manufacturing industries was the development of existing enterprises, which showed revenue growth significantly higher than the rate of inflation. We also found significant differences in the geographical location of high-tech industries in Russia.

The aim of this article is systematization of the constraints impeding the intensification of the use of PPP as a mechanism of socio-economic development of Russian regions. Issues of interpretation and definition of PPP, questions of methodical and personnel support of the process of investment projects promotion to implementation on the principles of PPP, a number of organizational and legal aspects were raised. It is proposed to use a game approach to operationalize the process of potential participants of PPP agreements strategies coordination.

This paper performs factor analysis of socially significant diseases in the regions of Russia in 2017. According to the first selected factor, the regions were divided into two groups, which are characterized by a high incidence: diseases with infectious etiology (I), diseases with genetic etiology (II). The second factor is the overall incidence rate, which allows to divide subjects into groups with a low overall incidence rate on average and high. When classifying Russian regions by two factors, 4 groups were identified.

The article proves the necessity and considers the approaches to the assessment of stratification of the population of Novosibirsk region by money income level. The population structuring is assessed by one characteristic - income level, which defines inequality of the groups in vertical hierarchy. The paper considers two approaches to carrying out grouping into typical groups: an absolute approach (grouping against living wage) and recognition of typical groups with the use of variation indicators. The structuring was carried out and the system of statistical indicators for assessment of the population differentiation was offered and tested.

Introduction. The aim of the research was to study the specifics of the phenomenon of youth culture, which is determined by modern culture as a form of being. The youth as a large socio-demographic group is characterized by its own specific culture, which is a complex socio-cultural phenomenon. Mass culture, consumer culture and the culture of everyday life are inextricably intertwined in the youth culture, the material foundations of which are the technical and technological achievements of the third, fourth and fifth technological ways. The theoretical part of this research relies on the conceptions of Jean Baudrillard of the affluent society and on the works of Russian researchers who study the everyday culture and the culture of consumption (A. N. Ilyin, A. V. Kostina, M. V. Lukov, B. V. Markov, A. Ya. Flier). Based on the understanding of culture as a form of being, the authors have used the conception of technological waves developed by Russian (Soviet) scholars (N. D. Kondratiev, D. S. Lvov, S. Yu. Glazyev). Methodology and methods of the research. The research methods included an informational and historical-genetic approaches that also involved the methods of theoretical (analysis, synthesis, induction) and empirical research. The empirical method involved polling as a method of collecting primary verbal information. While applying the polling methods, the authors relied on the hypothesis that modern youth mass culture is directly dependent on the existing material patterns: modern gadgets, computers, youth culture are specific signs of the mass youth culture. The results of the research. Questionnaire survey was conducted among the students of the Far Eastern Federal University and Internet users. The authors have come to the following conclusions: 1. Young people are actively going away from the mosaic morphology of subcultures though the phenomenon of youth culture remains structurally complex. 2. The vector of modern youth culture transformation is directed towards its active massification. 3. Mass youth culture is acquiring the feature of ambivalence. Conclusion. Modern youth culture is currently able of funding the adult mass culture based on the achievements of the fourth and fifth technological waves.

Introduction. The internationalization of education that is gaining momentum actualizes the issues of finding effective mechanisms for intercultural interaction between the subjects of the upbringing environment. The paper is devoted to the consideration of the phenomenon of «intercultural interaction» in modern socio-pedagogical literature. The objectives of the paper are to concretize the concept of «intercultural interaction», justification of the need to set a problem regarding the organization of upbringing of foreign students in the context of intercultural interaction. Methodology and methods of the research. The research methodology consists of cultural, historical, and anthropological concepts, which make it possible to trace the interpretation of the phenomenon of «intercultural interaction» against the background of the development of pedagogical practice. The results of the research. The main characteristics of the concept of «interaction» in pedagogy are identified, key approaches to the organization of effective interaction in the upbringing space are outlined, and the pedagogical conditions for effective interaction are defined. Conclusion. The basic principles are presented of realization of the upbringing tasks for the formation of the experience of intercultural interaction in relation to foreign students.

Introduction. The problem of improving quality of dissertations and training of professional scientists remains vital. Analysis of the available scientific and methodological works on conducting dissertation research showed a contradiction between the need in considerable improvement of dissertation research quality and poor understanding of essence of dissertation research being a specific scientific and qualifying product. The present dissertation research theory needs to be advanced. The subject of research in this paper is the idea of the notion of ‘dissertation’. Methodology and methods of the research. In preparing this paper, the systemic and dialectical approaches, analysis and synthesis of scientific works and guidelines on preparation of dissertations, the structure of the dissertation material, and the procedure for documenting the obtained results were used. The idea of the notion of dissertation evolved due to summarizing its existing definitions and subsequent application of A. Schopenhauer’s method. The development of the dissertation structure was based on the methods of the structural and functional, systems and logical analyses. The results of the research. In the process of research, the idea of the dissertation was revealed and presented as a schematic diagram, i.e as the logic of identifying, framing and translating a new concept into scientific knowledge to improve reality. Three-stage manifestation of the logic of the idea is described. It is shown that the idea of the dissertation is structured according to a special linear-matrix type. The first block of its elements and relations performs the goal-setting function, the second block, the function of achieving goals. The structure provides for the construction of a scientific system to address a topical issue. The research shows connection between the structural elements of the dissertation and the professional skills of scientists being developed. Conclusion. The revealed idea and structure of the dissertation explain its special scientific value (novelty, validity, reliability, consistency), great social significance (solving a scientific problem, training a scientist), and the centuries-old vitality of this intellectual product. Compliance with the developed structure provides for the systemic nature of the dissertation research. Mastering the dissertation research methodology, passing through all its stages personally, creation and defense of the dissertation lead to mastering the mental and practical skills of efficient social functioning as a scientist.