Opening address of editor-in-chief.

The article proposes a systematic, pragmatic and creative approach to the status and prospects analysis of the Russian economy development in the context of global instability. This approach is distinguished by understanding economic reality in all its complexity, characterized by nonlinearity, non-equilibrium and uncertainty of socio-economic development processes, by awareness of their laws. On the basis of its application the authors have developed proposals for implementing an integrated public policies system for development and modernization of the economy on the advanced structural and technological basis, the implementation of which will accelerate the pace of economic growth and will allow to pass on to innovative development.

An electronic image of the underlying asset in the world economy is becoming stronger than real economic assets, thus defining the format for implementation of a new social quasi-reality model. Surrounding us economic reality is acquiring more and more probabilistic nature, passing from realistic-material sphere to virtual content. In these conditions, the main imperative of the new ontological basis of the world economic development is becoming “management of meaning” providing purposeful formation of a system methods for identification and interpretation of what is happening, serving as the source of action of economic agents.

The article — transcript of the regular meeting of the Debating Club headed by academician O.T. Bogomolov — discusses the existing order of labor remuneration and its impact on the society and economy of Russia.

The paper considers changes of the “Economic Strategies” opportunistic index (OIES) in 2013. The contribution of supply and demand indices into OIES is estimated. Industrial production analysis is performed.

Oil prices forecast for the period from February 2014 to December 2015, prepared by the Institute of Energy Strategy in collaboration with the Institute for Economic Strategies based on neural model taking into account the experience of the world oil market functioning during the last decades.

Institute for Economic Strategies in the project “Strategic Matrix of Russia” again determines the most important strategic trends of the past 2013 by nine strategic matrix factors: governance, territory, natural assets, population, economy, culture and religion, science and education, armed forces, geopolitical environment.

Laureates of the “Characters of the Century” annual program by Institute for Economic Strategies for the outcomes of 2013.

Late XIX — early XX century is a key stage in the pre-revolutionary history of Moscow: population influx in the context of the all-Russian urbanization, economic growth, housing problem and municipal government development were creating many new pressing urban problems, one of which — the uncontrolled development of the city center with multi-storey apartment buildings. As a consequence of the occurred situation new compulsory regulations of the municipal government were developed, the work on which lasted from 1911 to 1917. Examining materials of Commission on compulsory regulations development, for the first time introduced into scientific circulation, it is easy to trace a number of insurmountable contradictions between different groups of the Moscow population represented in the City Duma.

It is easier and cheaper to prevent any disease than to cure it. Today most of us understand this clearly. Healthy lifestyle politics has been adopted by the state. Disease prevention priority is emphasized in the state program of public health development, in a number of federal and capital laws. Creating healthy lifestyle conditions, development of physical culture and sports are unifying people and contributing to patriotism and pride of the own country. In her interview the Deputy Minister of Health of the Russian Federation Tatiana Yakovleva dwelled on the need for preventive health care and its possibilities.