The digital inequality of the regions of the Russian Federation has been repeatedly stated at scientific and government discussion platforms. To identify and overcome the digital divide, special ratings were created that assess the level of readiness of regions for digital transformation. The article considers such ratings as: the rating on the implementation of the federal law on state publics, the rating of the level of digital maturity of the regions. The ratings make it possible to assess the real situation and develop an effective roadmap for the rapid development of each of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation in the field of digital modernization. Based on the example of Moscow and the Perm Territory, recommendations are given for solving problems that are relevant for specific regions in the field of digitalization of the economy, the social sector, and government structures.

The degree of permeability of the state border is one of the determining factors in utilizing the potential of the economic-geographic position of border regions. In different time periods the level of border barrier varies and is determined by a combination of national and local interests. This study examines the relationship between the nature of border functioning and the intensity of transport links in the border area as a basis for cross-border cooperation. The aim of the article is to assess the degree of changes in the integration of transport systems of border regions under the increasing influence of the barrier function of the border. The object of the research was the Kaliningrad region and its neighboring regions of Poland and Lithuania, the relations between which are in the stage of transformation from good-neighborly to conflict ones. The research methodology included the assessment of monthly statistics of movement through the Russian-Polish and Russian-Lithuanian dyads in 2022 in comparison with data on the number and geography of Internet users’ requests in the Kaliningrad region reflecting their intentions to move over the same period. The results obtained, on the one hand, showed a natural compression of the flow of cross-border mobility in conditions of deteriorating institutional conditions, and, on the other hand, the preserved transport connectivity of border regions even in conditions of prevailing barrier function of the border and positive reaction of their population to news about liberalization of border crossing regime, expressed in the growth of Internet requests.

The role of cross-border territories has grown significantly in the last decade, which is explained by a number of reasons and factors, including geopolitical, economic, trade and others. The Russian Federation is the largest cross-border territory, which undoubtedly affects the level of development of both the logistics infrastructure and regions with a crossborder geographic location. On the one hand, this can be considered as a positive factor in terms of the potential development of transport corridors, nodes and routes, on the other hand, the presence of differentiated natural and climatic conditions, limited opportunities for the development of new transport routes, the use of modes of transport, and others are considered a deterrent not only for transport logistics, but also sustainable development of territories. The development of border rural areas of an agro-oriented region with long borders is largely determined by the logistics infrastructure and the level of its condition, the possibility of developing international trade and a number of factors of federal and regional significance. In the economic structure of the subject (region), border areas should be considered as a strategic component of regional policy.

One of the problems researchers encounter when researching the topic is the availability of relevant information from official sources. This problem is especially acute when collecting data on international cooperation at the local level, since there is very little or no information on cooperation with foreign partners in the public domain on the websites of administrations. At the same time, the municipality is a border municipality, which means that it has conditions for the organization of inter-municipal cooperation with neighboring countries. Consequently, questions arise. Firstly, why does the administration not publish up-to-date information on international projects implemented on its territory? Secondly, if such interaction does not take place, why does the municipality, having a favorable geographical location, not implement inter-municipal partnerships with foreign municipalities? In this article the author tries to prove the relevance of the stated problem and suggests some ways to solve it by the example of studying the official websites of the border districts of some subjects of Russian Federation.

This article is based on research results received via a survey system that for more than three years has been used in search of the determinants of the organizational optimum of territorial public administrations. The aim of this research was to observe three issues that emerged at the end of the first confinement during COVID-19 pandemic. The issues covered in this article seem to form many challenges to overcome for local authorities in the coming weeks such as role of place, sense, well-being at workplace, development of digital instruments and IT, role of human resources after the pandemic.

The article focused on the ideological and value impact of the Republic of Turkey on interethnic processes in the information space of the Republic of Crimea in the period 2021-2022. As part of the study, there were analyzed statements by official Turkish representatives, materials of Telegram channels, media, funds and agencies in Turkish and Russian dedicated to discrediting Russia’s policy on the territory of the Crimean Peninsula, as well as updating issues of historical memory and distorting the facts of the common past of the peoples living on the territory of the modern Republic of Crimea. The methodological basis of the study was a systematic (complex) approach, event analysis, content analysis, analysis of data arrays, as well as an ideological and value approach. The considered cases of information impact demonstrate the focus of the Republic of Turkey and its current leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on promoting the ideologemes of «Pan-Turkism» within the ideological and value space of the Republic of Crimea, which is one of the Turkic-speaking regions of the Russian Federation. At the same time, both the applied ideologeme and its active support from the official authorities testify to the unrelenting ambitions of the current authorities in Turkey to secure the position of a supra-regional leader for the Republic of Turkey, including in the information space of a third state (the Russian Federation), which has no physical borders, in conditions of transformation of the modern system of international relations. Such a policy of Ankara poses a serious threat to official Moscow in the field of national security and can have a negative impact on the state of interethnic relations in Russia.

The article is devoted to the analysis of the presidential election campaign of 2022 in the Republic of South Ossetia. The author aimed to identify the features of the last election campaign, which made it possible to understand and explain its results, which led to a change of power in the RSO. In this paper, the author used a behavioral approach and a method of situational political analysis, which makes it possible to compile a multifactorial picture of the features of the presidential campaign. The conducted research of the presidential campaign allowed the author to explain the reasons for the departure of the incumbent president and the coming to power of the opposition in the conditions of the seemingly effective internal policy of the party in power.

The article is focused on the issue of Czech-Russian relations, which has become trending recently. Usually it is studied from the standpoint of politics, but this is not the only aspect of the topic. The material offered to the reader represents the issue from the Czech public point of view, as an evolving perception of Russia on the territory of the modern Czech republic. The issue is raised, whether it is possible to characterize this perception as a priori unfriendly. The article gives an excursion into the history of contacts between the two countries as of the interaction between broad sections of society. The changes in the perception of Russians by the Czechs are studied assessed. The current moment is described on the basis of the systematized personal observations made during the period of work on the territory of the Czech Republic. The article gives the general characteristics of the Russian community in the Czech Republic and studies its influence on the perception of the Russians by the Czechs. The main forms of this perception are described, along with the most noticeable characteristics of its carriers. Finally, the article measures prospective changes in attitudes towards Russia in the light of the events of 2022. It is concluded that it would be an extreme simplification to accuse the Czech society of Russophobia. The dynamics of perception of Russia looked rather encouraging in the long term, but the events of recent months cause him significant damage, both direct and indirect.

Since the beginning of the 21st century, the trade and economic orientations of the Russian Federation shifted from the EU and the USA to the countries of Africa and Asia, among which ASEAN plays one of the leading roles. Russia’s trade with the ASEAN countries is important not only economically, but also politically: these trade and economic ties are of great geopolitical importance for the Russian Federation. Currently, trade and economic cooperation between the Russian Federation and ASEAN is being actively formed in the energy, military-industrial, transport and infrastructure, agro-industrial, information and scientific and technological fields. In this article, an analysis was made of the fundamental problems and trends in the trade and economic activities of Russia and ASEAN. It was concluded that Russia and ASEAN have a narrow-limited locus of areas of effective cooperation, each of which contains a significant potential for utility that has not been realized to this day. After analysis of Asian markets, trends, dynamics and directions of development of the ASEAN countries, the economic opportunities of the Russian Federation, the following was revealed: the most promising are such branches of interstate cooperation as the military-technical, information, fuel and energy, transport and technological industries, the least relevant interstate contacts in the field of eco-technologies and agro-industrial complex of the Russia-ASEAN. At the same time a potential of certain areas of trade and economic transactions between the Russian Federation and ASEAN was revealed, including in such areas as energy, high technology, transport and military developments.

The article presents the materials of the discussion held at the 6th international scientific conference «Russia and the World: dialogue – 2022», organized by National Research Institute of Communications Development (NIIRC) and the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), The members of student debating club have attempted to comprehend further development and formation of the new world order. In particular, the prospects of Russia, US and collective West and their future role in the new world order were assessed and several aspects concerning energetics have been covered due to the importance of the sphere as one of the most vulnerable to the current confrontation between the listed players.

The author presents the monitoring results of friendliness of communication regimes of neighboring countries. It is pointed out that communication regime concept has a significant gnoseological, predictive and interpretative potential for analysis of internal political processes and external policy strategy of the countries. Monitoring of amicable attitude of communication regimes considers research of practices, conditions, regulations imposed in a particular country in context of communication with Russia. Governmental and Non-governmental actors are assessed – as well as political and civil communications are observed. In 2022, intensification of polarity between friendly and unfriendly countries has been noted. Unfriendly counties have established a model of total prohibition of communication with Russia. Political pressure on religious and civil society institutions has increased. Friendly and partially friendly countries, meanwhile, have improved conditions for economic, educational and scientific communications.