Foreign Policy Niche of Small States: The Problem of Choice (The Case of Baltic States) by V. A. Smirnov

“…The article makes the case of the following hypothesis: the exploitation of the "Russian threat" concept by political elites of the Baltic states is aimed at occupying a special niche within the Euro-Atlantic community. …”
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Legitimizing Factors of the American Hegemony: The Changing Role of Coalitions and Partnerships by A. N. Bogdanov

“…The paper examines the views of both Russian and Western expert communities on the role of U.S. coalitions and partnerships in ensuring legitimacy of the postCold War ‘American hegemony’. …”
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UKRAINIAN ELITES STRATEGIES TO DONBAS: «BIG DATA»-RESEARCH OF THE FACEBOOK NATIONAL SEGMENT by A. A. Tokarev

“…The test content is mainly Russian-speaking, Russia is mentioned more often than Donbas. …”
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The Role of Imperial Authorities in Electing Muslim Clerics across Yenisei Governorate, Mid-Nineteenth to Early Twentieth Centuries by Elena A. Shershneva

“…The study focuses on corresponding imperially approved regulations for Muslim clergy and archival materials housed at the State Archive of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Central State Historical Archive of Bashkortostan, and Russian State Historical Archive. It is noteworthy that quite a number of the archival materials are being newly introduced into scientific circulation. …”
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Options of dyslipidemia treatment at non-alcoholic fatty liver disease by M. V. Mayevskaya, M. A. Morozova

“…NAFLD occurs in 20-30% of adult population. In the Russian Federation its rate is estimated as high as 37,1%. …”
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Application of Securitization of Leasing Assets by I. V. Linev

“…Widespread introduction of schemes of securitization in practice of the Russian leasing business, requires development, and on some aspects -creation of the corresponding legislative base. …”
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Imperfect bipolarity: The ‘third power’ factor in Soviet-American relations in the nuclear field (1958–1968) by V. А. Veselov

“…At the same time, as US-Russian relations continue to deteriorate against the backdrop of the ‘Ukrainian crisis’, the prospects for strategic dialogue after the expiration of the Treaty on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (New START) are becoming increasingly vague. …”
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Analysis of marker substitutions in A/chicken/Astrakhan/2171-1/2020 H5N8 isolate of avian influenza virus recovered in the Astrakhan Oblast by N. G. Zinyakov, A. V. Andriyasov, Ye. V. Ovchinnikova, A. A. Kozlov, P. D. Zhestkov, D. B. Andreychuk, I. A. Chvala

“…Comparative analysis of genome segments using available databases showed that A/chicken/Astrakhan/2171-1/2020 H5N8 virus related to А/Н5 avian influenza virus isolates detected in the Russian Federation in 2016–2020. Analysis of the studied virus isolate hemagglutinin amino acid identified AIV-characteristic G225QRG228 amino acids in the receptor-binding domain of the protein enabling high-affinity binding to avian epithelial cell SAα-2,3- gal receptors. …”
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Political Vector of Northern Sea Route Development by A. A. Fomichev

“…The special attention will be paid to the possible Russian self-determined exploitation of Arctic and NSR. …”
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European and Integration Studies by N. Yu. Kaveshnikov

“…Soviet scientific school of pan-European integration studies began to emerge in the 1960s at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (Russian Academy of Science). Among the leading scientists who have developed methodological approaches of Soviet integration studies were M.M. …”
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Editorial by Dmitry A. Medvedev

“…In the beginning, the journal has been edited in two formats (electronic and print) and in two languages (Russian and English), but then considerable efforts have been made to ensure the rapid consideration of manuscripts while maintaining high peer-review standards at the same time. …”
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Turkic-Speaking Population on the Steppe Borderland of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Crimean Khanate in the 15th – the First Half of the 16th Centuries by Vladyslav V. Hrybovskyi

“… The ethnic and demographic situation on the borderland of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Crimean Khanates is analysed on the basis of narratives (Michalon Lituanus, Marcin Broniowski, Marcin Bielski, Bartosz Paprocki) and documentary sources (publications “Lithuanian Metrics”, “Archive of South Western Russia”, documents of the Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts, Central State Historical Archive of Ukraine). …”
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Paradigmatic Discord in US Arctic Policy by L. A. Matiyak

“…In light of the recent tension in Russian-US relations and the rising significance of the Polar Region, US Arctic policy should be the subject of an in-depth analysis of foreign-affairs experts and the government.…”
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AMERICA IN THE WORLD AFTER HEGEMONY by A. Y. Borisov

“…And it underestimated the significance of rapid Russian assertion after the break up of the Soviet Union only to have a unique situation of “two fronts” in American history. …”
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Wem gehört die Interkulturalität? Über das Verhältnis von linguistischen Teildisziplinen und Kulturforschung by Csaba Földes

“…Subsequently, the paper focuses on culturally oriented linguistic approaches, specifically three current and differing research directions that are investigated critically regarding their content profiles, namely (a) the Russian/post-Soviet linguoculturology (LC), (b) the Anglo-American cultural linguistics (CL), and (c) intercultural linguistics (IL) – situated primarily within the field of German Studies – which focuses on interculturality and multilingualism. …”
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The library of Troškūnai monastery by Arvydas Pacevičius

“… In the former territory of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which was incorporated into the Russian Empire in 1795, the Catholic cloisters had numerous and valuable book collections. …”
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Polymerase chain reaction for detection of some highly dangerous viral fish disease agents by A. S. Tarasova, A. V. Perchun, V. P. Melnikov

“…The described method was used to identify reference and field strains available at the FGBI ARRIAH Reference Laboratory for Aquaculture Diseases and isolated in different years in fish farms in the territory of the Russian Federation. The research data correlated with the results obtained from virus neutralization in cell culture and ELISA performed using commercial kits. …”
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Philosophy and Sociology Studies by S. A. Kravchenko, A. V. Shestopal

“…Frantsev made a great contribution to the restoration of Russian social and political science after World War II. …”
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Measuring anti-transgender stigma in low-income and middle-income countries: a scoping review protocol by Clare Barrington, Jennifer Toller Erausquin, Amanda E Tanner, Tamar Goldenberg, Sulianie Mertus, Mohammed Sheikh Eldin Jibriel

“…Original studies in English, Spanish, Arabic or Russian will be included. Reviewers will independently screen all citations, full-text articles and abstract data. …”
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The right to housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living: issues of implementation amidst Ukraine’s housing stock destruction and solutions by V. V. Maltsev

“…It highlights the acute challenges that Ukraine faces in implementing this right, particularly in light of the extensive damage to the country's housing stock due to Russian aggression. The article emphasizes the pressing need for a holistic and multi-disciplinary approach to address the complex issue of restoring damaged housing and constructing new dwellings to replace those that have been destroyed. …”
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