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Yuri F. Isakov was born in 1923 in the city of Kovrov of the Vladimir region. Participated in the great Patriotic war. In 1951 he graduated from the medical faculty, 1951-1953. – Intern, post – graduate student of Department of pediatric surgery of the 2nd Moscow medical Institute. In 1955 he defended his candidate thesis on "Intravenous and intraosseous anesthesia in operations on the extremities in children", in 1963 – his doctoral thesis on the topic: "Hirschsprung's Disease in children (pathogenesis, clinic, treatment)". In 1964 he became Professor, and in 1966 head of the Department of surgical diseases of childhood of the 2nd Moscow medical Institute and was appointed chief pediatric surgeon, head of the Main Department of educational institutions of the Ministry of health of the USSR. Under his leadership, held a number of progressive reforms, including was introduced biennial specialisation, adapted to the tasks of practical health care curricula, the initiative was created by the initiative of the all-Union children's surgical centre. Since 1981, Yuri F. Isakov, Deputy Minister of health of the USSR, 1989 – Vice-President, Academy of medical Sciences of the USSR (later the Russian Academy of medical Sciences), 1993-2005 was chief pediatric surgeon of the Ministry of health of Russia. He was Chairman of the Presidium of the Russian Association of pediatric surgeons, the Bureau of the scientific Council on pediatric surgery of the Ministry of health of the Russian Federation and the Russian Academy of medical Sciences, editor-in-chief of the journal "Pediatric surgery", Advisor of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of medical Sciences. Yuri Isakov is the author of over 400 scientific works, including 23 monographs, 8 textbooks and manuals, 12 inventions. Yuri F. Isakov died on August 4, 2016 in Moscow, Troekurov buried at a cemetery.

Program Committee II International scientific and practical conference “Information technologies and intelligent decision making systems” (ITIDMS-II-2021)

A brief report on the conduct of the scientific event in the “round table” format on the topic “The United States of America in 2019”. A Round-Table discussion was organized by the Council of Young Scientists of the Institute for the U.S. and Canadian Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences (ISKRAN). The participants are graduate students and young researches of ISKRAN, Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO RAN), Institute of Latin American Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences (ILA RAN), Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Science (IE RAS), Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Science (IAS RAS), Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), The Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far-East, Far- Eastern Branch of the RAS (IHAE FEBRAS). The event was held in a remote format on the ZOOM platform.

Dear Authors and (Online) Participants of AIDTTS 2020,International Scientific Conference «Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technologies in Technical Systems 2020» (AIDTTS 2020) was successfully held online on October 20-21, 2020 at the Department of Software Engineering with organizational and technical support of the Center of Applied Scientific Research (location of organizers - Volgograd, Russian Federation). Due to COVID-19 and the pandemic-related nationwide lockdowns and other coordinated restrictive measures, the organizers decided to hold a conference in a virtual format with the organization of access for all participants to the presented reports with comprehensive discussion for ensuring the event at a high scientific level.The safety and well-being of all conference participants is our priority. The COVID-19 is unpredictable, so conference postponement met uncertainty, while many scholars and researchers want to attend this long-waited conference and have academic exchanges with their peers. But I want to note that there are no barriers to science, and we continue to work on our research areas remotely, using modern technical means. The conference was held virtually for 2 days (October 20-21, 2020) including keynote and invited speeches, authors’ presentation session.The event was held online using Zoom communication platform for synchronous conversation. The conference was organized as a large-scale online meeting of participants in topical sessions with the opportunity for speakers to provide regulated demonstrations of slides and video files according to the approved technical program. During the online presentation, participants discussed more than 100 questions on the problems of artificial intelligence and digital technologies in technical systems. Participants of the conference were from the leading institutions of Russian Federation, China, Turkey, France, Uzbekistan, Germany, Republic of Belarus (Instituto Politécnico Nacional, St. Petersburg Federal Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Matrosov Institute for Systems Dynamics and Control Theory of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Far Eastern Federal University, Southwest State University, Belgorod National Research University, Federal Research Center «Computer Science and Control», Russian Academy of Sciences, Namangan Engineering and Technology Institute, Technical University Of Munich, All-Russian Research Institute of Irrigated Agriculture, Belarusian State Agrarian Technical University, Volgograd State Technical University and others), dealing with problems of using artificial intelligence and digital technologies in technical systems. The outstanding performance of all the presenters made this conference truly spectacular.Main topics of the conference were:1. Mathematical Modeling and Computer Linguistics.2. Software and Information Systems and Machine Learning.3. Artificial Intelligence and Neural Network Technologies.4. Optimization and Algorithmization.I would like to express our great appreciation to prof. Batyrshin Ildar Z., from Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico, Golenkov Vladimir V., from Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, Minsk, Belarus, prof. Petrovsky Alexey B., from Institute for Systems Analysis of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation, prof. Natalukha Igor A., from North Caucasus Federal University, Stavropol, Russian Federation, and prof. Rogachev Aleksey F., from Volgograd State Technical University, Volgograd, Russian Federation. We would also like to thank the Program Chairs, the Session Chairs, the members of Technical Committee and the reviewers who carefully evaluated the submissions and provided useful suggestions to improve them.This volume of Journal of Physics: Conference Series is a compilation of the accepted papers in AIDTTS 2020 and represents contributions that were presented in the conference. On behalf of the organization committee I would like to thank all of the conference sponsors and partners who made conference possible. My special thanks go to our speakers as well as all the authors for sharing their latest research results.Looking forward to meeting you during AIDTTS II-2021!Tokarev Kirill E., scientific editor, e-mail: tke.vgsha@mail.ru, Volgograd State Technical University.

Татьяна Григорьевна Нефедова – доктор географических наук, главный научный сотрудник, Институт географии РАН. Адрес: 119017, Москва, Старомонетный пер., д. 29. E-mail: trene12@yandex.ru
 Цитирование: Нефедова Т.Г. (2018) Город и деревня в имперской, советской и современной России // Мир России. Т. 27. № 1. С. 183–202. DOI: 10.17323/1811-038X-2018-27-1-183-202
 
 Выход в свет трехтомника Бориса Николаевича Миронова «Российская империя: от традиции к модерну» является ценным подарком для тех, кто не только интересуется российской историей, но и пытается объяснить многие современные процессы. Его труд настолько огромен и всеобъемлющ, что рассматривать его можно лишь по частям. Статья представляет собой попытку некоторой рефлексии на пятую главу первого тома трехтомника. В ней анализируются лишь несколько сюжетов, показывающих, как продолжалась описанная Б.Н. Мироновым история модернизации города и деревни в ХХ–ХХI вв. В статье сравниваются основные особенности городов и сельской местности дореволюционной России с их современными чертами. Выявляются различия взаимодействия городов и деревень в XVI–XX веках и более 100 лет спустя. Изучается, что представляют собой современные города и деревни, как менялось их население, как при росте числа городов происходила их поляризация, особенно в постсоветское время. Прослеживаются процессы урбанизации и кризисной дезурбанизации в ХХ веке. Особое внимание уделяется возрождению отходничества в современной России, его отличиям от такового в конце XIX – начале ХХ веков, масштабам и географическим особенностям современной трудовой мобильности населения, связывающей города разного размера и сельскую местность.

Цитирование: Чирикова А.Е. (2019) О полимотивации врачей: уроки реформ // Мир России. Т. 28. № 3. С. 6–26. DOI: 10.17323/1811-038X-2019-28-3-6-26
 Настоящая статья базируется на материалах эмпирического исследования мотивации врачей и векторах ее изменений в условиях реформирования системы российского здравоохранения. Исследование проводилось методом интервью. В качестве эмпирической базы исследования выступили главные и рядовые врачи из нескольких медицинских организаций Москвы. Всего нами было проведено 37 интервью с руководителями и врачами медицинских организаций трех разных типов: в Федеральном институте, в двух городских клинических больницах скоровспомощного профиля и двух городских поликлиниках (центральной и ее филиале). Анализ мотивационной иерархии, характерной для врачебного сообщества, убедительно показал, что мотивация врачей представляет собой сложное и подвижное образование, и это свидетельствует о выраженности феномена полимотивации у врачей. Важно, что в мотивационной иерархии врачей материальные стимулы имеют большое, но не единственное значение, которое выражается врачами весьма точно – «не только деньги». Реформы, которые сейчас проводятся в московской медицине, частично учитывают этот факт. Однако чтобы эти результаты имели больший эффект, необходимо не просто повышать заработную плату, но контролировать оснащенность аппаратурой, организационную перестройку работы врачей, перейти от системы хаотичной организации системы профессионального развития к ее целенаправленной реализации. Именно профессиональный рост, согласно полученным результатам, может оказаться тем долгосрочным мотивационным фактором, в отношении которого (в отличие от денег) нет привыкания.

A brief report on the conduct of the scientific event in the “round table” format on the topic “The United States of America in 2019”. A Round-Table discussion was organized by the Council of Young Scientists of the Institute for the U.S. and Canadian Studies, Russian-Academy of Sciences (ISKRAN). The participants are graduate students and young researches of ISKRAN, Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO RAN), Institute of Latin American Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences (ILA RAN), Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Science (IE RAS), Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IOS RAS), Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University), National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE University), Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far-East, Far-Eastern Branch of the RAS (IHAE FEBRAS).

A joint scientific session of the Physical Sciences Division ofthe Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) and the JointPhysical Society of the Russian Federation was held in theConference Hall of the P N Lebedev Physics Institute, RAS,on 30 November 2005. The following reports were presentedat the session:(1) Kuznetsov V D (N V Pushkov Institute of TerrestrialMagnetism, Ionosphere, and Radio Wave Propagation(IZMIRAN), RAS, Troitsk, Moscow region) "Heliophysics:from observations to models"; (2) Zaitsev V V (Institute of Applied Physics, RAS,Nizhnii Novgorod), Stepanov A V (Special AstronomicalObservatory at Pulkovo (GAO), RAS, St.-Petersburg)"Problems of solar activity physics"; (3) Churazov E M, Sunyaev R A, Sazonov S Yu,Revnivtsev M G (Space Research Institute, RAS, Moscow),Varshalovich D A (A F Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute,RAS, St.-Petersburg) "Annihilation emission from thegalactic center: the INTEGRAL observatory results"; (4) Fabrika S N, Abolmasov P K, Karpov S V, Sholukhova O N (Special Astrophysical Observatory (SAO),RAS, Nizhnii Arkhyz, Karachaevo-Cherkesiya Republic),Ghosh K K (Universities Space Research Association,NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, USA) "Ultraluminous X-ray sources in galaxies — microquasars or intermediate mass black holes".An abridged version of the reports is given below. • Heliophysics: from observations to models, V D Kuznetsov Physics-Uspekhi, 2006, Volume 49, Number 3, • Problems of solar activity physics, V V Zaitsev, A V Stepanov Physics-Uspekhi, 2006, Volume 49, Number 3, • Annihilation emission from the galactic center: the INTEGRAL observatory results, E M Churazov, R A Syunyaev, S Yu Sazonov, M G Revnivtsev, D A Varshalovich Physics-Uspekhi, 2006, Volume 49, Number 3, • Ultraluminous X-ray sources in galaxies – microquasars or intermediate mass black holes, S N Fabrika, P K Abolmasov, S V Karpov, O N Sholukhova, K K Ghosh Physics-Uspekhi, 2006, Volume 49, Number 3,

On 16 June 2010, a joint scientific session of the Physical Sciences Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Joint Physical Society of the Russian Federation, Scientific Council of the Department of Physics of Moscow State University (MSU), Scientific Council of the MSU SINP, RAS Council on Space Research, Coordination Scientific and Technical Council of the Federal Space Agency, RAS Scientific Council on the Integrated Problem of Cosmic Rays and RAS Scientific Council on Physics of Solar-Terrestrial Relations took place at the R V Khokhlov central physics auditorium of the MSU Department of Physics. The session was devoted to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Academician Sergei Nikolaevich Vernov. The agenda of the session announced on the website www.gpad.ac.ru of the RAS Physical Sciences Division listed the following reports: Ryazhskaya O G (RAS Institute for Nuclear Research, Moscow) “Opening address”; (1) Matveev V A (RAS Physical Sciences Division, Moscow) “A few words about S N Vernov”; (2) Sadovnichy V A (M V Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow) “S N Vernov as a scientist at Moscow State University”; (3) Trukhin V I (M V Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow) “S N Vernov as a professor in the MSU Department of Physics”; (4) Panasyuk M I (D V Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics of M V Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow) “Cosmic ray astrophysics before and after 1957”; (5) Dergachev V A (RAS A F Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, St. Petersburg) “S N Vernov and space physics: Apatity-Leningrad, 1968-1983”; (6) Stozhkov Yu I ( P N Lebedev Physical Institute, RAS, Moscow) “S N Vernov and ground-breaking studies of cosmic rays in the stratosphere”; (7) Berezhko E G, Krymsky G F (Yu G Shafer Institute of Cosmophysical Research and Aeronomy of the SB RAS Yakutsk Scientific Center, Yakutsk) “S N Vernov and cosmic ray research in Yakutia”. Texts of the articles based on the reports presented are printed below. • Opening address, O G Ryazhskaya Physics-Uspekhi, 2011, Volume 54, Number 2, Pages 181–182 • A tribute to S N Vernov, V A Matveev Physics-Uspekhi, 2011, Volume 54, Number 2, Pages 182–185 • S N Vernov as a Moscow University scientist, V A Sadovnichy Physics-Uspekhi, 2011, Volume 54, Number 2, Pages 185–189 • S N Vernov centenary talk, V I Trukhin Physics-Uspekhi, 2011, Volume 54, Number 2, Pages 189–190 • Coming of age and development of space physics at Moscow State University. Radiation in space: the legacy of S N Vernov, M I Panasyuk Physics-Uspekhi, 2011, Volume 54, Number 2, Pages 190–202 • S N Vernov and space physics: Apatity-Leningrad, 1968-1983, V A Dergachev Physics-Uspekhi, 2011, Volume 54, Number 2, Pages 202–210 • S N Vernov and cosmic ray research in the Earth atmosphere, Yu I Stozhkov, G A Bazilevskaya Physics-Uspekhi, 2011, Volume 54, Number 2, Pages 210–215 • S N Vernov and cosmic ray research in Yakutia, E G Berezhko, G F Krymskii Physics-Uspekhi, 2011, Volume 54, Number 2, Pages 215–220

A joint scientific session of the Physical Sciences Division ofthe Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) and the JointPhysical Society of the Russian Federation was held onSeptember 28, 2005 in the Conference Hall of the LebedevPhysics Institute, RAS under the name "Nonlinear acousticdiagnostics". The following reports were presented at thesession:(1) Rudenko O V (Lomonosov Moscow State University)"Giant nonlinearities in structurally inhomogeneous mediaand the fundamentals of nonlinear acoustic diagnosticsmethods"; (2) Zaitsev V Yu, Nazarov V E, Talanov V I (Institute ofApplied Physics, RAS, Nizhny Novgorod) "'Nonclassical'manifestations of microstructure-induced nonlinearities: newprospects for acoustic diagnostics"; (3) Esipov I B, Rybak S A, Serebryanyi A N (AndreevAcoustics Institute, RAS) "Nonlinear acoustic diagnostics ofthe ocean and rock"; (4) Preobrazhenskii V L (Research Center for WaveStudies, Prokhorov Institute of General Physics, RAS,European Laboratory in Nonlinear Magneto-acoustics(LEMAC)) "Parametrically phase-conjugate waves: applications in nonlinear acoustic imaging and diagnostics".An expanded version of the report by Rudenko ispublished in the 'Physics of our days' section of this issue.An abridged version of reports 2 — 4 is given below. • 'Nonclassical' manifestations of microstructure-induced nonlinearities: new prospects for acoustic diagnostics, V Yu Zaitsev, V E Nazarov, V I Talanov Physics-Uspekhi, 2006, Volume 49, Number 1, • Nonlinear acoustic diagnostics of the ocean and rock, I B Esipov, S A Rybak, A N Serebryanyĭ Physics-Uspekhi, 2006, Volume 49, Number 1, • Parametrically phase-conjugate waves: applications in nonlinear acoustic imaging and diagnostics, V L Preobrazhenskii Physics-Uspekhi, 2006, Volume 49, Number 1,

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XVIII International Scientific Symposium in honor of Academician M.A. Usov ''Problems of Geology and Subsurface Development'' (for students and young scientists) was organized under the guidance of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research. Being one of the oldest technical higher education institutions which trains specialists who contribute to scientific research in geosciences, The Institute of Natural Resources of National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU INR) was chosen to hold the symposium. In 2014 The Institute of Natural Resources celebrated its 113th anniversary. It was founded in 1901 by V.A. Obruchev, the first geologist in Siberia, member of USSR Academy of Sciences, Hero of Socialist Labor, and the first Laureate of the Lenin Prize. He was recognized all over the world as a prominent scientist in the area of geology.

The All-Russian conference of hydraulic engineers was organized by the Russian joint-stock company for power and electrification "EI~S Rossii," the corporation "Edinyi t~lektro6nergeticheskii Kompleks," the International Energy Academy, and the AOOT "B. E. Vedeneyev All-Russian Scientific-Research Institute of Hydraulic Engineering." The idea for the conference was supported by the Division of Physicotechnical Problems of Power Engineering, Russian Academy of Sciences, the Scientific Council of the Russian Academy of Sciences on Reliability and Safety Problems of Large Power Systems, a number of representatives of the State Council, specialists of the body of the Government of the Russian Federation, administrations of subjects of the Russian Federation, many organizations with a water-power profile, power systems, hydroelectric plants, and other organizations. The objective of the conference was to analyze the modern state of water power, assess its role in the United Power System of Russia, address the program of current and long-term development in the field, prepare proposals for government support of water power, and to develop drafts of a number of regulatory documents at the presidential and governmental level. The proposal concerning the conference for Russian water-power engineers generated a broad response. Representatives of more than 300 organizations and establishments, including the body of the Government of the Russian Federation, the Russian Autonomous Union "EF~S Rossii," the corporation "EI~I~K," the Ministry of Fuel and Power of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Natural Resources, 23 power systems (Mos6nergo, Chita6nergo, Tyumen'6nergo, Vostok6nergo, Karel6nergo, Kuban'6nergo, etc.), 11 hydroelectric power plants (Kama, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Chirkey, Zeya, etc.), series of hydroelectric power plants (Svir', Kern', Vygsk, Sulak), nine construction organizations (Gidro6nergostroi, Kureig6sstroi, Katun'g6sstroi, Chirkeig6sstroi, etc.), 14 design organizations (Gidroproekt, Sevzap6nergoproekt, Krasnoyarskgidroproekt, Teplo61ektroproekt, etc.), six scientific-research organizations (B. E. Vedeneyev All-Union Scientific-Research Institute of Hydraulic Engineering, Scientific-Research Institute of Construction Economics, Siberian Scientific-Research Institute of Power Engineering, etc.), construction-assembly organizations (Spetsgidro6nergomontazh, Gidrospetsstroi, Gidromontazh, Gidro61ektromontazh, etc.), and a number of organizations of different profiles (Soyuzgidropostavka, Tekhnoprom6ksport, Sevzap6nergotekhnadzor, the PAO "Volgobla," etc.) took part in the work of the conference, which was conducted on 23-24 October 1996 in Saint Petersburg. Deputies of the State Council, representatives of regional administrations of Russia, the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Russian Engineering Academy, and the Academy of Water Utilization Sciences participated in the conference. Representatives of the Moldov6nergo, Ukrgidroproekt, and Tashgidroproekt attended from neighboring countries. Welcoming telegrams from First Vice Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation A. A. Bol'shakov, Governor of Saint Petersburg V. Ya. Yakovlev, Governor of the Leningrad Oblast V. A. Gustov, and General Secretary of the Council of the Interparliamentary Assembly of Government Participants for Friendship Between Independent Governments M. Krotov were delivered in an address to the conference. Twenty-two papers were heard at the conference; "Basic positions of the Program for development of water power in Russian from 1997 through 2015 with a prospectus to 2030," which were prepared by the Russian Autonomous Union "EI~S Rossii," the corporation "Et~t~K," the Autonomous Union "Institut Gidroproekt," the Autonomous Union

Valery V. Tuchin was born February 4, 1944. He received his MS degree in Radiophysics and Electronics (1966), Candidate of Sciences degree in Optics (1973), and Doctor of Science degree in Quantum Radiophysics (1982), all from Saratov State University (SSU), Saratov, Russia, where he continued his scientific career and still holds his primary appointment. He is currently a Professor and the Chair of Optics and Biophotonics Department at the SSU. He heads the Laboratory of Laser Diagnostics of Technical and Living Systems of Precision Mechanics and Control Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences and Multidisciplinary Laboratory on Biophotonics of Tomsk State University. He served as a Dean of the Physics College of SSU from 1982 to 1989. Currently he is a director of the Research-Educational Institute of Optics and Biophotonics at SSU. Prof. Tuchin's research interests are focused on biophotonics, tissue optics and laser medicine, tissue optical clearing, physics of optical and laser measurements, biosensing, photonic crystal fibers, nanobiophotonics, and theranostics. He has authored more than 50 patents and 400 peer-reviewed papers and books, including well-known table textbooks such as Tissue Optics: Light Scattering Methods and Instruments for Medical Diagnosis (SPIE Tutorial Texts in Optical Engineering TT38, 2000), Handbook of Optical Biomedical Diagnostics (SPIE Press, PM107, 2002; translated to Russian, Fizmatlit, Moscow, 2007, 2 Vols.), Optical Clearing of Tissues and Blood (SPIE Press, PM 154, 2005), and Handbook of Biophotonics (WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, 2011–2012, 3 Vols.; J. Popp, A. Chiou, and S. H. Heinemann – co-editors). Prof. Tuchin is a member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences and the International Academy of Information, member of SPIE, OSA, and IEEE. He was awarded Honored Science Worker of the Russian Federation (1999), SPIE Fellow (2004), SPIE Educator Award (2007), and Chime Bell Prize of Hubei Province, China (2014). He was a Vice-President of Russian Photobiology Society (2005–2011). He is a FiDiPro Professor of University of Oulu (Finland) (2011–2014), Guest Professor of HUST (Wuhan) and Tianjin Universities of China, and Adjunct Professor of the University of Limerick (Ireland) and National University of Ireland (Galway). Prof. Tuchin is an editor-in-chief of the Journal of Biomedical Photonics & Engineering, associated-editor-in-chief of J. Innovative Optical Health Sciences (JIOHS), vice editor-in-chief of the News of Saratov University. Ser. Physics; and associated editor for number of journal. He is founder, chair or co-chair of international conferences such as Saratov Fall Meeting (since 1996), Optical Coherence Tomography and Coherence Domain Optical Methods in Biomedicine, SPIE, Photonics West (co-chairs: J. G. Fujimoto and J. A. Izatt) (since 1997), Dynamics and Fluctuations in Biomedical Photonics, SPIE, Photonics West (co-chairs: D.D. Duncan, K. V. Larin, M. J. Leahy, and R. K. Wang) (since 2005), Photonics and Imaging in Biology and Medicine (PIBM), China (co-chairs: Q. Luo and L. V. Wang) (since 2001), and Biophotonics: Photonic Solutions for Better Health Care, SPIE Photonics Europe (co-chairs: J. Popp, W. Drexler, D. L. Matthews, and F. Pavone) (since 2008). Prof. Tuchin currently teaches courses on tissue optics, introduction to biophotonics, laser and fiber optics for biomedicine, optical measurements in biomedicine, optical cytometry, and microspectral analysis for biomedicine for undergraduate and postgraduate students. Since 1992, he has been the instructor of SPIE, OSA and IEEE short courses on biomedical optics for an international audience of engineers, students and medical doctors. On behalf of the editorial board of JBP, his colleagues and friends we congratulate Prof. Tuchin with these outstanding achievements and look forward to future discoveries and exciting scientific developments. Kirill Larin University of Houston, USA Kirill V. Larin is an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Houston and the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at Baylor College of Medicine. He has authored more than 80 peer-reviewed publications and chapters in 9 books on Biomedical Optics. Dr. Larin has received numerous awards including Presidential Award from Russian President Boris Yeltsin, W. Coulter Young Investigator Translation Award, ONR YIP, and Herbert Allen Award from American Society for Mechanical Engineers. Dr. Larin is also an Instructor for short courses on Tissue Optics and Biophotonics for SPIE, IEEE, and OSA. He was elected to SPIE Fellow in 2015.


 Vasiliy A. Anikin – PhD in Economics, Associate Professor, Faculty of Economic Sciences, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Social Policy, National Research University Higher School of Economics; Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences. Address: of. 4331, building 4, 26, Shabolovka St., Moscow, 119049, Russian Federation. E-mail: vanikin@hse.ru
 Citation: Anikin V. (2017) The New Russia? Yes. Comment on Recent Findings From ‘Is New Russia New?’. Mir Rossii, vol. 26, no 4, pp. 51–70. DOI: 10.17323/1811-038X-2017-26-4-51-70
 
 This paper addresses the general question raised in the recent study ‘Is New Russia New?’ (2016). The author of this article develops the idea that new Russia is new. He argues with some of the findings of the considered study. The main points are as follows: the changes in Russia are better understood within a transitional discourse; the unique way of Russia is to constitute a Democratic Power integrated within a European civilization; the ‘statist’ path of Russia is not a curse, but a tunnel of opportunities for social solidarity; the social structure of Russia is mostly based on income stratification and class elements, which are likely to coexist with post-industrial traps, like unskilled labor, or the precariat; the human development of Russia is higher than in the Soviet Union, though its growth has reached saturation point; neoliberal policy is a kind of new rut for Russia, which crucially obstructs the structural reforms and perspectives for its successful transition towards the informational age that has yet to arrive.