DOI: 10.33917/es-7.165.2019.36-45

The Russian economy has formed an economic system, which has its own regularities and contradictions. Contemporary contradictions of the Russian economy are the result of the features of the national model of development and economic policy characteristic of this model. The transition to a new economic development policy should lead to the formation of a new economic model which should be based on the concept of the national and self-sufficient economy. The article discusses the regularities, trends and contradictions of the contemporary Russian economy, analyzes the main areas of transition of the Russian economy to a new stage of development, substantiates the main directions and principles of transformations

DOI: 10.33917/es-7.165.2019.46-56

Modern global economic and political transformations that result on the one hand in the relative weakening of the American global influence in the world and on the other hand in formation regionalized centers of the economic growth and influence create the risks of intensification of the regional contradictions and conflicts that affect the interests of the key economic players. Potential emergence of the “arch of instability” in the southern part of the Eurasian continent that can be used by the US to accommodate its interests with providing the base for non-force and/or partially force-based instruments of control of the global and sub-global economic processes. The emergence of such an arch could alter significantly the configuration of the political and geopolitical interests in the priority regions with the most intense trends for the global economic growth thus creating new military-political and political risks. The formation of the “arch of instability” could create new risks for the interests of Russia and its partners in the post-Soviet Eurasia

DOI: 10.33917/es-7.165.2019.58-65

The sociodemographic trends presented in the article show that global migration is becoming a qualitatively new challenge. From principally humanitarian category it’s turning into a factor of global economic and technological competitiveness

DOI: 10.33917/es-7.165.2019.66-73

The article analyzes the EU migration policy after the refugee crisis of 2015. The effectiveness of anti-crisis migration measures of the EU is shown, while the absence of the same degree of effectiveness of existing rules of migration policy is observed. It is shown that the influx of migrants has a beneficial effect on the demographic situation of the EU. The EU needs a migration strategy that considers the increasing importance of migration for the macroeconomic development of the Union

DOI: 10.33917/es-7.165.2019.74-77

The Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), signed on May 29, 2014, entered into force on January 1, 2015. The purpose of the Union is to provide conditions for the stable economic development of member states by improving the living standards of the population, comprehensive modernization, cooperation and increasing the competitiveness of national economies. Armenia became part of the EAEU 2015 on January 2. At the same time, the most important problems for all countries remain: the problem of diversification of national industry; low competitiveness of the products of most manufacturers, a low share of high-tech products in exports, virtually no trade and investment cooperation between individual pairs of countries, the degree of public confidence in the integration group. The article discusses issues related to the economic development of Armenia within the EAEU, mutual trade with the EAEU member countries, the attitude of the population to the EAEU; the positive and negative aspects of Armenia’s participation in the EAEU, as well as possible ways to strengthen integration within the EAEU are revealed