Moscow Mayor Research Articles

Model of electoral behavior of russian citizens in the conditions of digitalization of the electoral process

The introduction of information and communication technologies (hereinafter referred to as ICT) occurs not only in sectors of the country’s national economy, but is widely used in the electoral process. Moscow has accumulated some experience in introducing and effectively using ICT during the preparation and conduct of election campaigns. In the fall of 2023 shortly before the election of the Mayor of Moscow, the author conducted a survey of residents of the capital city. The organizers of the survey of the citizens were tasked with collecting, summarizing and analyzing the opinions of the Moscow electorate on the issue of introducing digital technologies in elections. The article provides specific results of a survey of Muscovites, their attitude towards the use of electronic technologies in the elections. The author argues about the advisability of increasing the legitimacy of elected authorities by increasing the voter turnout indicator. Specific examples demonstrate that the introduction of digitalization into the electoral process ultimately helps to increase the legitimacy of elected parties, public associations and their candidates. Analyzing the results of the elections to federal, regional and local executive and legislative bodies in recent years (2021–2024), as well as the results of the above-mentioned survey of Moscow residents, the author proposes an option for constructing a causality model using an external factor such as digitalization, which has a significant influence on the electoral process.

Contribution of the Research Institute of Healthcare Organization and Medical Management to the development of Moscow healthcare (1994–2024)

The article highlights the development path of the Research Institute for Healthcare Organization and Medical Manage­ment of the Moscow Department of Healthcare (1994–2024). Three periods of the institute's activity can be distinguished: ecological, transitional and modern. The main areas of research in the first period were the analysis of the Moscow environment and determination of the level of environmentally related morbidity, development of new diagnostic tools (polymerase chain reaction and troponin test sys­tem), vector-directed therapy of malignant neoplasms, and the use of natural statins to inhibit oncogenesis. At the beginning of the radi­cal reconstruction of medicine initiated by the Mayor of Moscow S. S. Sobyanin, the institute was reoriented to solving analytical prob­lems of healthcare organization. In the modern period, the institute's employees are engaged in research of the best public health prac­tices. The institute has implemented a comprehensive support system for Moscow scientists — search for ideas, access to knowledge bases, etc. The statistics department forms a comprehensive picture of the health status and medical care of the population of Moscow. Organizational and methodological departments have become actual «headquarters» for the main freelance specialists of the Health De­partment of Moscow. The Center for Sociological Research carries out systematic work on assessing the feedback of specialists and the public to the events held by the department. Congress and exhibition activities of medical organizations are supported, promoted and analyzed by the relevant department of the institute. Active work is carried out with the population to promote a healthy lifestyle, knowl­edge of first aid, etc. The Institute has come a long way and has become a major research, scientific and practical center of Moscow healthcare.

Особенности ситуации судебного перевода с точки зрения коммуникативно-функционального подхода

The article examines specific features of the communicative situation of court translation and interpreting in the context of the communicative-functional approach. Based on legislation and translation practice analysis, the authors formulate purposes and objectives of court translation and interpreting, its features distinguishing it from other types of translation and interpreting activities, such as unequal social status of communicants, the forced nature of the communication and the lack of professionalism on one side. The authors propose specific ways to improve the quality of court translation and interpreting, provide a brief summary of their previous efforts towards institutionalizing court translation and creating a unified register of court translators and interpreters of the Russian Federation. The authors' work plan within the framework of the project supported by the Moscow Mayor's Grant Fund "Development and testing of the regional model of the Institute of court translation in Moscow" is disclosed

HISTORICAL ASPECTS OF INFORMATIZATION OF THE CONTROL AND ACCOUNTING CHAMBER OF MOSCOW (1994–2014)

Th e use of information resources is a promising area of activity of state control and accounting bodies. Nowadays an eff ective budget control and analysis of socio-economic development of the region are impossible without special tools to reduce the time spent on data processing. Th e article deals with historical aspects of informatization of the Control and Accounting Chamber of Moscow and examines the formation of its information and analytical system as an example of automation of the activity of the external fi nancial control institu-tion. Th e author analyzes the Chamber’s annual reports in 1997–2014. He employs its local acts and other documents refl ecting the process of automation of control practice. Th e study of these documents, as well as federal and Moscow legislation, normative legal acts of the Government and mayor of Moscow, and the Moscow City Duma made it possible to identify the features of the Chamber’s informatiza-tion processes from 1994 to 2014, including the main stages in the creation of the Chamber’s information and communication technology infrastructure, composi-tion and main functions of the Chamber’s information and analytical system as a model for interaction with Moscow public authorities and governmental agen-cies. Previously the issues of the history of the Chamber’s informatization had not been specifi cally examined, while a comprehensive picture of the development of new management technologies, which have been introduced in the practice of the executive and legislative authorities of Moscow since the end of the twentieth century, cannot be provided without a special focus on these topics. Consideration of this aspect of development of control and counting functions in the capital of Russia in the post-Soviet period will supplement the currently available knowl-edge about the history of such activity in the past and also will help to identify traditions and innovations in the domestic management practices and thus trace techniques, which are reintroduced in an optimized form at each new stage of development of country and society.

Healthy lifestyle, self-organization, accessibility: the main principles of the Moscow mayor’s project «Moscow longevity centers»

Healthy lifestyle, self-organization, accessibility: the main principles of the Moscow mayor’s project «Moscow longevity centers»

The main results of the competition of students’ works in the field of training "Technology of transport processes"

The article presents a brief description and the main results of the "Path to Science" competition held among students (bachelors, masters) of transport universities in the field of training "Technology of transport processes". The competition was held as part of the implementation of the activities of the first stage of the project "The present and future of transport professions: selection, priorities and social elevator" recognized as the winner of the competitive selection of applications of socially oriented non-profit organizations for the Grant of the Mayor of Moscow in 2021 in the nomination "Youth of Moscow" (registration number of the application 2021-0012 dated 05/25/2021). Keywords: professional orientation, staffing, transport

Modern approach to the organization of social policy in respect of the older generation: project of the mayor of Moscow “Centers of Moscow longevity”

Modern approach to the organization of social policy in respect of the older generation: project of the mayor of Moscow “Centers of Moscow longevity”

Confronting Pandemics: Human and Non-Human Agents in the Discourse of the Moscow Authorities on COVID-19

The article is devoted to the discourse of the Moscow city authorities regarding COVID-19. We believe that this discourse is closely connected with the implemented city policies, articulating and legitimising them. The empirical base of the study is news from the official website of the Mayor of Moscow and entries from the blog of the Mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin. The article focuses on discursively created agents of urban life, the attitude of city authorities towards them and the relationship between them during the COVID-19 pandemic.
 There are many human and non-human agents in the coronavirus discourse: government officials, townspeople, agents associated with the treatment of coronavirus (medical workers and technologies), and agents associated with the life of the city during the pandemic (infrastructure, organisations and companies, employers, education system). All of them are built around a key agent - the virus itself. Citizens as agents in power discourse are represented by a variety of categories that form two large overlapping groups. The first group is associated with the position of people regarding the disease: people with suspected coronavirus, who fell ill with varying degrees of severity of the disease, recovered, died; donors, vaccine study participants, vaccinated. Over the analysed time period, the discourse related to morbidity undergoes at least two turning points: the transition from a small number of cases to statistics disaggregated in terms of age, and from disaggregated statistics to the total number of cases with an emphasis on the number of severe cases of the disease. The second group of categories of citizens includes belonging to certain social groups, for example, an age cohort, socially vulnerable groups, workers (in general and in certain industries), schoolchildren and students, service users, public transport passengers.
 Citizens are viewed by city officials as important agents involved in the fight against the pandemic. Their agency is discursively produced as a result of the interaction between themselves and the city authorities. Citizens who follow the authority rules gain agency, while those who do not follow them are deprived of it due to rare mention or omission.

THE INFRASTRUCTURAL POTENTIAL OF THE MOSCOW HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IN THE CONTEXT OF FINANCING THE STATE PROGRAM "DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTHCARE IN MOSCOW"

The resource provision of the capital's healthcare system in general and each medical organization in particular is the leading structural component that increases the availability and quality of medical care Reproduction and maintenance of citizens' health can be viewed from the perspective of combining the fundamental triad of resources - human, logistical and financial - in order to achieve the final product - the implementation of medical care to the population. One of the independent types of resource provision in most socio-economic systems, including healthcare, includes financial resources - a form that forms the infrastructure of medical organizations (medical equipment, equipment, devices, etc.) that can be used not only to carry out medical activities directly related to treatment and prevention, but also to conduct scientific research in various subject areas of medical science. Information from the Moscow Government Portal «Open Budget of the City of Moscow» and the official website of the Mayor of Moscow were used to conduct the study. After data collection and aggregation, statistical, comparative and graphical analysis methods were used for their processing in order to construct dynamic time series. In the course of the study, the study of the main regulatory documents regulating the healthcare sector at the federal level and at the level of the city of Moscow was carried out. The study describes the current state of the capital's healthcare sector in terms of the regulatory framework and funding allocated for the development, expansion and modernization of the capital's healthcare infrastructure, as well as the features and main results of the purchase of medical equipment and equipment under life cycle contracts. Information on financing, on purchased medical equipment, devices and equipment, on the number and parameters of the functioning of the capital's healthcare infrastructure will allow analyzing and improving the work of medical organizations, implementing operational and predictive management in order to improve the quality, effectiveness and efficiency of the healthcare sector of the city of Moscow.

Формирование и хранение документального фонда Московской городской Думы. 1993-2009 гг.

The legislative and other activities of the Moscow City Duma (Duma) are associated with an intensive document flow. The entire array of documents created and received in the course of the Duma’s activities forms its documentary fond, the most important part of which goes for archival storage to the fond no. R-3303 “The Moscow City Duma.” The procedure for submitting draft city laws and Duma resolutions to the Duma is regulated by the City Law of Moscow no. 70 “On Laws of Moscow and Resolutions of the Moscow City Duma” and Articles 44 and 45 of the Duma Regulations. Initially, the drafts are submitted to the Organizational Department (OD). The Commission for Organizing the Work of the Duma makes a decision on the draft document’s compliance with the requirements for the design of projects. In case of a positive decision, the OD places the draft document in the information system for supporting legislative activities. The accompanying materials are also submitted: conclusions of the State Legal Department, Prosecutor’s Office, Mayor of Moscow, Duma Commission, Chamber of Control and Accounts of Moscow, independent anti-corruption expertise, as well as list of amendments. The Duma’s documentary fond is formed in accordance with consolidated nomenclature of files. The nomenclature of files is developed and approved by the Duma to ensure the order of formation and accounting of files, determining terms of their storage and basis for compiling series for transfer to archival storage. According to the Federal Law no. 125-FZ of October 22, 2004 “On Archiving in the Russian Federation,” the Duma is an acquisition source of the Archival Fond of the Russian Federation. The documents are transferred to the Archive Fond after examination of the documents’ value. The examination is carried out with the participation of the Duma Apparatus. The documents transfer for permanent state storage is carried out by the Department of the Duma Archival Fond of the Directorate for Documentation Support. For the Duma, a ten-year period of documents temporary storage in the Archive Fond is established, after which the documents are to be transferred to the Central State Archive of the Moscow City for permanent storage. Currently, documents dating from 1993 to 2009, that is, for the period of the 1st to 4th Duma convocations, have been submitted to fond no. R-3303. The article describes this archival fond for the first time and concludes that it is of great importance for studying modern history of the Moscow city administration.

Activation of the population role in public control and management of green mobility of land urban passenger transport and its infrastructure

The article presents a meek description of the project "Activating the role of the population in public control and management of green mobility of ground urban passenger transport and its infrastructure" recognized as the winner of the competitive selection of applications of socially oriented non-profit organizations for the provision of the Moscow Mayor’s Grant from the Moscow city budget in 2020 in the nomination "Ecology of the metropolis" and also presents a method of sociological research on the survey of residents, passengers and drivers of electric buses as part of the project (application registration number 2020-0286). Keywords: ground urban passenger transport, ecology, green mobility, electric bus, infrastructure, sociological research

Миграция в дискурсе избирательной кампании 2013 г.: популизм или идеологическая трансформация?

The article examines the campaign for the election of the mayor of Moscow in 2013 from the point of view of the use by its participants in the course of the election race of the techniques and methods of populist discourse. As a research method, the authors use discursive approach of E. Laclau aimed at identifying the basic indicators of populist rhetoric, including the antagonistic opposition of «we» and «others», as well as identifying the qualitative characteristics of the populist narrative. The analysis of these materials allows making conclusions about the strengthening the populist rhetoric in the Russian political discourse against the background of a drop in the electoral results of candidates representing traditional Russian parties and ideological platforms. At the same time, the authors indicate that this trend is due to the shift of the ideological spectrum on the Russian political scene. The paper concludes that the extension of the capital urban area, in contrast to the national context, did not allow switching to ideological rhetoric completely. As a result of this, both the main competitors Sobyanin and Navalny actually relied on the electoral potential of both the current government and the powerful protest movement against the background of the dissatisfaction of the metropolitan voter with the peculiarities of the political system of the Russian Federation.

Healthcare Service In The "Dentistry" Profle To The Population Of Moscow Under Restrictive Measures Of Covid-19

In the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, by the decree of the Mayor of Moscow, the provision of dental services to the population was temporarily suspended, with the exception of diseases and conditions requiring emergency or urgent dental care. A Headquarters was established to coordinate the provision of emergency and urgent dental care for COVID-19 patients and for those who was in isolation during lockdown. The Moscow Healthcare Department has been organized an activity of mobile medical and nursing teams (MNT) to provide emergency medical care in the "dentistry" profle. All MNTs were equipped with portable dental equipment. The MNTs has been working for free within the framework of compulsory medical insurance. For the period from March 26 to June 16 – 2020, medical care was provided to 1501 patients, of which 294 with a confrmed diagnosis of COVID-19, including 57 children. The measures taken were of a temporary nature and were aimed at preserving the health of Moscow residents and preventing the further spread of the new coronavirus infection COVID-19 in Moscow.

Молодежный просветительский проект «Студент+»: итоги реализации

The article presents the results of the implementation of the Youth educational project “Student+” by the Russian Public Organization “Federation of Psychologists of Education of Russia” — the winner of the competitive selection of applications from socially oriented non-profit organizations for the grant of the Mayor of Moscow in 2019 in the category “Volunteering”. The “Student+” project was created with the aim of involving university and college students in volunteer activities aimed at preventing negative phenomena in the youth environment, including primary prevention of chemical addiction among student youth. The main principle of the implementation of the prevention of drug addiction and alcoholism among students, implemented in the Project “Student+”, is the principle “an equal teaches an equal”, which involves special training of student volunteers in the design of preventive measures and scientific and methodological support during the implementation by students of copyright classes with the participation of peers. During the implementation period of the “Student+” Project (October 2019 — September 2020), a program of educational activities was developed and tested, aimed at developing skills in the field of primary prevention of illegal consumption of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances in the student environment; content of the program, including for distance learning (website студентплюс.рф); methodological recommendations for universities on the organization of primary prevention of illegal consumption of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances in the student environment, based on the principle “an equal teaches an equal”.

“LOVE OF WORKER BEES”: YURI LUZHKOV

The article continues an authored series of psycho-political analysis of self-portraits of politicians of the Soviet era. The previous materials were devoted to Soviet party and state figures - Lazar Kaganovich and Nikita Khrushchev, Leonid Brezhnev and Mikhail Gorbachev, Andrei Gromyko and Alexandra Kollontai. This article focuses, within the framework of the research paradigm of political linguistics, on the analysis of the autobiographical narrative of Yu. M. Luzhkov, Mayor of Moscow for about twenty years. The aim of the study is to show the strategy of reading and comprehension of the autobiography of a political leader as a communicative role act authorizing the politician's self-awareness and selfpresentation. The study shows how linguocultural associative stable stereotypes, in fact archetypes, help a politician to construct his autobiography and thereby construct himself. The research is carried out in the paradigm of modern narratology, which looks at the text from the point of view of its fictionality (fiction) and factuality (reality). The study analyzes the book by Yu. Luzhkov “Moscow and Life”. This text is not an autobiography in the sense that it does not aim to tell about the events of the author's life; it is a work offiction. Luzhkov assigns himself the role of the main reformer and compares his activity with that of Peter the Great. The image of the narrator in Luzhkov's “autobiography” breaks up into a whole range of different and sometimes mutually exclusive manifestations. Luzhkov's political views turn out to be organically associated with the biographical problem of personality formation, and political freedom — with the problem of personal independence.

Сравнительная характеристика конституционно-правового статуса высшего должностного лица субъектов РФ – городов Москвы, Санкт-Петербурга

The article provides a theoretical and comparative analysis of the constitutional and legal status of the senior official of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation — the cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg. The author highlighted the main elements of the constitutional and legal status of a senior official of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation, the classification of which became the basis for the proposed methodology for a comparative analysis of the statuses of senior officials of cities of federal significance (Moscow and St. Petersburg) in the context of regional norms. A comparative analysis based on the proposed methodology led to conclusions about the similarities and differences in the constitutional and legal statuses of the Moscow Mayor and the Governor of St. Petersburg.

Роль А.А. Щербатова в деятельности московской городской думы по городскому благоустройству (1863–1869 гг.).

Introduction. A number of works are devoted to the study of the activities of the Mos-cow City Duma in urban landscaping in 1863–1869, but the reforms are described de-scriptively and the role of the Moscow mayor in this process is not highlighted. In turn, it is precisely his interest in improving the life of the city that is reflected in the quantity and quality of the implemented reforms of the Duma. There is a need to outline the terms of reference of the mayor, which will contribute to the effective implementation of reforms. Hence the interest in this problem. Materials and methods. The study is based on a number of sources, including: a) documents of the Office of the Moscow City General Duma, stored in the Central State Archives of Moscow; b) published documents of participants in the events; c) the regulatory legal acts of the Russian Empire; d) press materials, including journalism on the development of urban amenities and reports on the work of the Duma. The problem under study was already in the field of view of researchers [1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6;]. One of the main researchers of the Moscow city Duma (1863–1869) is L.F. Pisarkova. In the field of her interests was the issue of vowel elections, determining the powers of the elected Duma and the role of A.A. Shcherbatov in the process of implementing key reforms of local self-government in Moscow. Also noteworthy are the collective Works of Komissarova S.A., koshkidko V.G., Solovyov K.A., as well as Zhukova L.A. and Romanov A.A., which contain a description of the Duma's reforms to improve the city of Moscow. The research methodology consists of: methods of documentary analysis of docu-ments, which made it possible to compare different documents on a specific issue, compare the available data and establish the essence of the reforms being carried out; the historical and genetic method, on the basis of which it was possible to identify the cause-and-effect relationships of the phenomenon under study and to determine the role of the Moscow mayor in the ongoing reforms; historical-comparative method, which made it possible to determine the difference in the state of development of the city before and after the reforms. Research results. An analysis of sources and historiography on the issue under study allowed us to determine the role of the Moscow mayor in enhancing the reform activi-ties of the Moscow City Duma, as well as to highlight the features of the leader's political behavior that contributes to the successful implementation of reforms.

Мобилизация студентов-агитаторов во время предвыборной кампании Сергея Собянина на пост мэра Москвы в 2018 году

<span>В сентябре 2018 г. москвичи выбирали мэра. Соответственно летом, в преддверии выборов, шла активная избирательная кампания. На оживленных площадях, у выходов из метро можно было часто встретить молодых людей в атрибутике избирательного штаба С. Собянина (на тот момент</span><span class="myHorizontalScaleForEmDashSpaceBefore"> </span><span>–</span><span class="myHorizontalScaleForEmDashSpaceAfter"> </span><span>действующего мэра столицы). Они раздавали агитационные печатные материалы и информировали жителей о преобразованиях в Москве в последние годы и о планах на будущее. Многие СМИ</span><span class="myFootnotes _idGenCharOverride-1"><span id="footnote-008-backlink"><a class="_idFootnoteLink _idGenColorInherit" href="file:///Y:/2020_02/HTML/Barsukova_i_dr..html#footnote-008">2</a></span></span><span> и сам предвыборный штаб Собянина</span><span class="myFootnotes _idGenCharOverride-1"><span id="footnote-007-backlink"><a class="_idFootnoteLink _idGenColorInherit" href="file:///Y:/2020_02/HTML/Barsukova_i_dr..html#footnote-007">3</a></span></span><span> говорили о наборе молодых помощников в агитационную кампанию исключительно на добровольной и безвозмездной основе. В то же время некоторые новостные порталы сообщили, что молодёжь выступала на улицах за материальное вознаграждение</span><span class="myFootnotes _idGenCharOverride-1"><span id="footnote-006-backlink"><a class="_idFootnoteLink _idGenColorInherit" href="file:///Y:/2020_02/HTML/Barsukova_i_dr..html#footnote-006">4</a></span></span><span>. Споры вызывала и степень добровольности труда агитаторов. Авторы статьи решили выяснить, как обстояли дела на самом деле. Как молодые люди попали в число уличных агитаторов. На каких условиях согласились участвовать в избирательной кампании. Добровольным или вынужденным было их участие. Эмпирической базой исследования послужили 20 полуформализованных интервью со студентами московских вузов в возрасте от 18 до 24 лет, которые являлись агитаторами предвыборного штаба С. Собянина в 2018 г., в том числе 19 интервью с непосредственными агитаторами и 1 интервью с работником штаба, который контролировал их деятельность.</span>

Specifics of seasonal settlements in Moscow region according to the results of the Moscow Mayor elections 2018

Most of seasonal second homes of Russians are located in gardeners’ associations being a component of modern urbanized settlement. Now in Russia there are about 14 million garden plots, which are used at least by 40 million people. The greatest number of gardeners’ associations (over 11.5 thousand) is registered in Moscow region. Their seasonal population can make up to 4 million people, and some of them live in summer homes most of the year, thus turning them actually into places of permanent residence. This trend is supported by new laws regulating registration of gardeners’ associations. An indirect indicator of this is the number of voters who took part in the Moscow Mayor elections in suburban areas in September 2018. The importance of summer residents increases with the distance from the capital, and more than half of the «suburban» polling stations were located in the middle and far suburbs, or even in neighboring regions. The very fact of the organization of suburban polling stations indicates a change in the role of gardeners’ associations, which become an impetus of socio-economic development in Moscow region. This is especially important for areas that have lost major industries. It is clearly seen on the example of the «gardeners’ conglomerates» that have emerged on the former peat mine lands in Moscow region, where seasonal population now exceeds the number of permanent residents of the surrounding settlements. «Gardeners’ conglomerates» can provide local population with jobs that is particularly important for marginal areas of the region.

Features of Persuasive Media Discourses of Russia and Serbia (based on the Election of the Mayor of Moscow and the Mayor of Belgrade in 2018)

Features of Persuasive Media Discourses of Russia and Serbia (based on the Election of the Mayor of Moscow and the Mayor of Belgrade in 2018)