If we manage to convince engineers that the car of the future must not only have a powerful engine, but should also take into consideration environmental issues, if power engineering specialists realize that successful are only solutions that correspond to the idea of sustainable development, rather than to a strategy focused on shortterm profits, then it will be great success of practical philosophy.

Existing legal norms, regulating relations of the integrated structures, are interpreted by each branch of the law in its own way and are not systemic in nature.

Over time, the point of view existed in France that financial independence is the tax independence. But recent years changes and decisions of the Constitutional Council showed that if local authorities even have the financial independence, they cannot enjoy any tax independence.

The lessons of history allow us to clarify contemporary issues, even despite the fact that every financial crisis has its own specifics. However, if we put aside the singlevalue decisions, we shall be able to identify constantly recurring problems that become apparent in those periods when public financial system malfunctions.

Professional should be a possessed person. Not in a bad way, not demoniac. One should always try to set up unrealistic goals, should not follow the path traveled.

Experience of participation of the Russian Orthodox Church in development of credit co-operation is of practical interest for those who are concerned with the welfare of people. This is not a matter of blind copying, but of creative search for new forms, adequate to modern conditions.

Opening Remarks.

Since the date of its establishment “Peterburggazstroy” managed to gain the confidence of the companiescontractors. But in the era of information society it is quite difficult to maintain such high level of trust…

We went through the consequences of financial nationwide and worldwide crisis without losses to the clients, and thus to the region’s economy.

It is extremely difficult to attribute reforms in the CIS countries to any particular model, since transformations were carried out inconsistently and very irregularly.