The Russian academic journal

6-10

Authors: А. О. Blinov

In the process of operation, the national economy as a whole and its constituent entities under the influence of an everchanging market environment forced to reform the content of activities, the economic mechanism and its components. This process is done through a variety of management tools, including the development of business processes.

15-25

Authors: R. Connolly, Ph. Hanson

Two noted British economists survey a range of issues linked to Russia’s forthcoming accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and its implications for the Russian economy. They describe the far-reaching commitments Russia has undertaken in the realm of tariffs, non-tariff barriers, and openness to inward investment, identifying factors that tend both to support and challenge realization of these commitments. They follow with a brief historical account of the reasons why the accession process for Russia was so protracted and an assessment of the likely medium- and long-term economic impacts of accession for the country as well as for its particular regions and social groups. The arguments suggest that the likely direct impacts of accession will overall be modest (at least over the near- to medium- term), and focused in spheres in which a foreign presence may enhance the productivity of Russian firms in the domestic market (e.g., business services). Potentially, more substantial indirect benefits will largely depend on the scale and seriousness of domestic reform policies launched in support of WTO compliance (i.e., effects of accession on Russia’s political economy).

29-32

Authors: L. D. Ryzhman

The article deals with the essence of benchmarking in the area management competitiveness of agricultural enterprises, outlines its features and identifies the possibility of using benchmarking as an effective tool to enhance the competitiveness of agricultural enterprises.

33-36

Authors: S. V. Tishkov

The article deals with the development of regional innovation. Competitiveness of the national innovation system and its proper functioning is largely dependent on the strengthening of innovation processes in specific regions. Experience of developed countries shows that the current quality of the economic area and regional innovation policy of the country is largely determined by the effective regional systems in the area of innovation.

40-42

Authors: B. P. Bespalova, A. V. Fedorov

In this paper, the example of the conflicts and revolutions occurred, the mass media are regarded as an ideological weapon. Just determined what role the mass media played in these conflicts and what it led to.

46-47

Authors: A. V. Fedorov

The paper presents the author's assessment of the Russian opposition in the prism of «good and evil».

52-54

Authors: A. M. Selezinka

The undecoded biblical allusions «their shaddoe» and «thee» in the 27th Shakespeare sonnet are analysed. Theу have copulative semantic meaning – the unity of many heroes in one. The analysis of this biblical allusion in the anthropocentric paradigm gives the possibility for a new interpretation of «dark places» in Shakespeare sonnets.