Tasks Of Russia Research Articles

THE MUSLIM FACTOR IN THE FORMATION OF RUSSIAN STATEHOOD

The article is devoted to the role of Islam and the Muslim Ummah in the development of Russian federal statehood after the collapse of the USSR. The author shows that the most important task for Russia is to preserve its sovereignty and determine its own path for development as one of the independent poles of a multipolar world, with the right to its own integration project in Eurasia. To achieve this, the Russian government should recognize the revival of Islam as a factor in the stable development of the country and see in Islamic culture an important part of Russian society and state.

Russian as a Foreign Language Interview Test for Russian Federation Citizenship Applicants: Structure and Content

The introduction of a simplified procedure for obtaining citizenship by persons who are native Russian speakers became a promising innovation in the migration policy of the Russian Federation. The status of native Russian speaker is granted to foreign citizens and persons without citizenship that have passed the interview test. At the present time, a new form of the Russian language exam is already being conducted in a number of testing centres within the Russian Federation, and three exam models have become widely used. In connection with that, the relevant tasks of Russia’s current testing practice are as follows: identifying the nature and specifics of the “linguo-didactic interview test of Russian as a foreign language” concept; linguo-didactic analysis and evaluation of the existing models; experimental verification of their effectiveness, testing validity and evaluating materials contained in each model; development and validation of a new complex model of interview tests of Russian language for foreigners applying for citizenship of the Russian Federation. Possible ways of solving those relevant issues are proposed in this article. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n4s4p93

О ключевых задачах экономического развития России (по итогам Послания Президента РФ Федеральному Собранию)

О ключевых задачах экономического развития России (по итогам Послания Президента РФ Федеральному Собранию)

EXPORT OF RUSSIAN MANUFACTURES TO EU COUNTRIES: TENDENCIES, PROBLEMS AND OPPORTUNITIES

The modernization and specialization of the economy in hi-tech and high-value-added goods is the long term goal defined and set forward within the frame of Russian Federation 2020 Concept for the Social and Economic Development. According to the principles and clauses of the abovementioned document these high-tech and high-value-added products in the long run are intended to be exported to the European Union countries. For the foreseeable future EU will remain Russia’s key trade partner and moreover will play an immense and significant role for the integration of the Russian Federation in the international manufacturing and industrial processes. However, considering the high level of economic development of the EU countries and their strong positions in global exports of processed products including hi-tech goods, the export of the manufactures to the EU countries is quite a challenging task for Russia. Currently the manufactures that are supplied to the European Union mainly consist of semi-processed commodities, e.g., metals, diamonds and chemicals. Russian high-value-added products are exported to a limited number of partners; export volumes are comparatively moderate and volatile. However, some high-tech Russian products are successfully exported to the EU countries and meet growing demand from consumers from Central and Western Europe. The share of finished products and high-value-added goods exported to the Central and Eastern Europe slightly exceeds the EU average; the growing machinery and transport equipment sales are determined by an increased supply towards Poland, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Czech Republic.