Opening address of editor-in-chief.

The article regards fundamental matters of governance of Russian economy development.

One of the US most important competitive advantages is the ability to carry out multi-way strategic financial transactions allowing to export arising crisis phenomena out of the US economy, providing the stability of proper development. Institutional mechanisms of financial and economic balancing of the US economy form the basis for these operations. With their help logical chain of managerial global iterations is implemented: “formation of the money supply in the US dollars currency” → “manipulating financial flows volumes and directions in the form of real dollars (cash and non-cash) and in the form of derived financial instruments (derivatives etc.)” → “the US possibility to transfer world crises into the format of phased strategic financial transactions in the US interests”.

Sanctions confrontation between the West and Russia is the central theme of our country’s strategic development. The article presents an attempt to examine sanctions in the light of network warfare.

The Eurozone problem is something of a koan; full of paradoxes and contradictions that cannot be understood in terms the prevailing orgrammar (organizational grammar).

The paper cites forecast data on the dynamics of nuclear power engineering development in the world and Russia, on the NPP needs for operational personnel with regard to the rate of launching new reactors and of old reactors decommissioning. It shows regulatory requirements for NPP personnel, peculiarities of NPP operating personnel training for the position and of maintaining their qualification. The paper analyses possible risks associated with preparation and staffing of operational personnel and their consequences, as well as measures of risks prevention. It describes participation of operating organization in developing new regulatory documents establishing qualification requirements for NPP employees. It also substantiates the idea of forming a centralized unit for NPP staff training.

Establishment of uniform requirements for the specialists qualification and consecutive development of staffing and qualifications sectoral system can become the basis and an effective mechanism for barely emerging markets and industries. Successful solution of this task will entail consolidation of sectoral markets participants on the basis of public-private partnerships, will start up the processes of market self-identification and self-regulation. The article presents an analysis of opportunities and ways of forming the industry qualifications structure by the example of young and barely emerging sector of renewable energy and recycling.

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

Noritsugu Uemura, the CEO of Mitsubishi Electric (RUS) (up to 31 March 2015) told about the Japanese business model, new business prospects and strategic plans for development in the Russian market in the interview given to Alexander Ageev.

In article is told about events of 1944, in particular – about the conclusion of the Soviet-French contract on a military alliance against Germany.