The paper considers changes of the “Economic Strategies” opportunistic index (OIES) in January 2015. The contribution of supply and demand indices into OIES is estimated. Industrial production analysis is performed.

The purpose of the article is to draw attention to the personality and work of S.A. Pervushin, to show how the memory and the Internet have preserved him in the context of N.D. Kondratiev’s long waves.

The planetary world is rapidly changing, so is a man. Today, during the global exploration of the world and globalization of a man himself, the problem of man’s fate and the future of the world is becoming urgent. Topical is the issue of the fate of local — ethnonational — worlds. The author, being Russian, reflects on the fate of the Russian world, wishing neither it nor other ethno-national worlds disappearance.

The article discusses approaches to applying research potential of universities to accelerate competitive development of individual enterprises and regional entities.

The article dwells on inflation processes in Russia. The main factors, which have significantly affected it, are identified and analyzed. The factors themselves are considered from monetary and non-monetary points of view. Particular attention is paid to non-monetary factors of inflation being its main source.