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A rise of state activism in a competitive industry: The case of Russian retail trade law of 2009
Communist and Post-Communist Studies. 2018. Vol. 51. No. 1. P. 27–37.
The paper is aimed at exploring the Russian state return to the highly competitive industry of retail trade by adopting restrictive industry-specific legislation in 2009. We reveal a new precedent model of governance using the liberal rhetoric of the competition protection to justify intervention in interfirm contractual relations. We use survey data collected from 843 retailers and suppliers in 2013 to demonstrate that the new legislation had not achieved the proclaimed goals. The paper concludes that instead of market facilitation, the new state activism leads to the further suppression of business and the subversion of antimonopoly policy.
Research target:
Political Science, International Relations, and Public Administration
Sociology (including Demography and Anthropology
Priority areas:
sociology
Language:
English
Kozlov N., Semenova M., Journal of Corporate Finance Research 2026 Vol. 20 No. 2 P. 108–135
This paper introduces a novel approach to identifying and operationalizing political connections of banks. We manually code 2,598 bankers who owned or worked in 115 Russian banks between 2015 and 2021 to classify political connections and uncover their institutional patterns through cluster analysis. We propose a set of variables that capture the origins, relevance, and ...
Added: July 6, 2026
Kanaev E., Afontsev S. A., Bogdanov K. V. et al., IMEMO RAN, 2026.
The report "Russia and the World: 2026" consists of three parts: global trends, economy and foreign policy. The main forus is on isses of key importance for ensuring stable economic and political developments of Russia in the immediate (2026) and longer term. The report is based on decades long IMEMO experience in forecast research. The ...
Added: July 5, 2026
Ryabkov Y., Леонтьева А. В., Abramov R., Социология власти 2026 Т. 38 № 2 С. 230–261
This study analyzes art residencies in Russia as institutions that bring together artists, local contexts, and stakeholders. It focuses on three key aspects: strategies for institutional positioning within the art field and in relation to stakeholders; residents' practices regarding the local context; and the nature of the residencies' interactions with local residents. The institutionalization of ...
Added: July 4, 2026
Valiullina A., Maltsev A., Russian Politics 2026 Vol. 11 No. 2 P. 210–243
This study examines how discursive alignments during the 2018-2019 Russian pension reform debates correspond with subsequent legislative collaboration networks. Employing discourse-network analysis and frame analysis, we identify distinct parliamentary communities organized around interpretive frameworks rather than formal institutional boundaries. Inferential network analysis using Exponential Random Graph Models (ERGM) and Quadratic Assignment Procedure (MR-QAP) reveals that ...
Added: July 4, 2026
Bogdanov T., ИНТЕРакция. ИНТЕРвью. ИНТЕРпретация 2026 Т. 18 № 2 С. 30–50
The article addresses the ethical and methodological aspects of using artificial intelligence (AI) in qualitative sociological research. The widespread use of generative AI in scientific research has sparked an interdisciplinary debate regarding the instrumental efficiency and moral permissibility of applying this technology in the processes of acquiring scientific knowledge. The most active debates are taking ...
Added: July 3, 2026
Yenikeyeff S., Россия в глобальной политике 2026 Т. 24 № 4 С. 132–163
Will the new energy order emerge as the product of a managed reconfiguration, or will it emerge through a systemic rupture? The answer to this question will be largely determined by the actions of three powers: the United States, China, and Russia. Their decisions in the coming years—not only reactive but also structural—will create a ...
Added: July 2, 2026
Гусейнов Р. И., Ustyuzhanin V., Korotayev A., Вестник Пермского университета. Серия: Политология 2026 Т. 20 № 2 С. 15–27
This paper investigates the relationship between fiscal stability and revolutionary onsets. Classic researchers of revolutions, such as Jack Goldstone, have provided theoretical arguments for the importance of fiscal factors, but any substantial quantitative cross-national large-n research has not been conducted yet. Logistic regression analysis with an interaction term that we have performed confirms our main ...
Added: July 2, 2026
Repina E., Багдасарьян Н. Г., Беликова А. А. et al., М.: КДУ, 2026.
Главная цель учебного пособия "Информационно-медийное пространство мировой политики" состоит в том, чтобы ознакомить учащихся с ключевыми теоретико-методологическими основами изучения медиа-информационного аспекта политических коммуникаций, а также сформировать у них набор компетенций, необходимых для практической работы со СМИ в сфере мировой политики и международных отношений. Учебное пособие предназначено для студентов и магистрантов вузов, обучающихся по специальностям международные ...
Added: July 2, 2026
Кочегаров К. А., Новое прошлое 2022 № 1 С. 219–228
The paper, basing on discussion questions of the editorial board of the “Novoe
Proshloe / The New Past” journal, touches upon main tendencies of academic studies
in relations between Muscovite Rus’ and post-Golden Horde states in the Early Modern
period. Taking into account various achievements of modern Russian historiography
(works of Anna Choroshkewich, Vadim Trepavlov, Ilya Zaytsev, Andrey Belyakov ...
Added: July 1, 2026
Orlov I., Вовк А. С., Электронный научно-образовательный журнал "История" 2026 Т. 17 № 4 С. -–-
Egyptian society during the reign of Muhammad Ali (1805—1848) underwent a rapid transformation that determined the future of the country. Modernization was necessary for Muhammad Ali to create a powerful modern army and strengthen his independence. However, the launched social transformation was curtailed by the Wali when he was able to transfer power in Egypt ...
Added: July 1, 2026
Kuzminov Y., Kruchinskaia E., Россия в глобальной политике 2026 Т. 24 № 4 С. 92–109
В статье анализируется структурный разрыв между увеличивающейся когнитивной нагрузкой и снижающейся отдачей от неё. Подход, при котором развитие научных и образовательных школ, ориентированных на тренировку суждения, может стать альтернативой количественному наращиванию вычислительных мощностей, которое служит основной стратегией Китая и США. Применительно к России традиция фундаментального образования и сильных исследовательских школ приобретает в новых условиях значение ...
Added: July 1, 2026
Girinsky A., Россия в глобальной политике 2026 Т. 24 № 4 С. 110–124
Тема статьи – анализ современного российского идеологического дискурса и перспектив его развития. Ключевая гипотеза заключается в том, что современные российские идеологические проекты имеют слабое отношение к социальной реальности, то есть являются «консервативно-авангардистскими» проектами, конструирующими настоящее и будущее России на основе абстрактных представлений о прошлом. ...
Added: July 1, 2026
Saakyan T. V., Барабанова Ю. В., Финансовый журнал 2026 Т. 18 № 3 С. 110–121
In this article the authors aim to determine the place and role of methodological guidelines within the system regulating internal state financial control. The research holds both theoretical and applied significance, as a scholarly interpretation of this issue has not been previously undertaken and its examination will enable the full potential of the studied methodological ...
Added: July 1, 2026
Romanova T. A., Полис. Политические исследования 2026 № 2 С. 141–156
Russia’s official representation of the EU became highly metaphorical as of 2022. The goal of this article is to demonstrate how metaphors explained fundamental changes in Moscow’s political course towards the EU. Theoretically the research is based on the critical metaphor analysis of J. Charteris-Black. Empirics consists of messages in the official telegram channel of ...
Added: July 1, 2026
Grigoreva M., Соколова Е. Н., Знак: проблемное поле медиаобразования 2026 № 1 С. 92–101
The article analyzes representations of grandmothers’ and grandfathers’ images in the digital family discourse of the Russian social media segment. Based on a corpus of more than two million public posts from September 2023 to September 2024 collected via Brand Analytics, we extracted a subcorpus of 82 138 posts mentioning the older generation. The study ...
Added: June 30, 2026
Rodina O., Прикладная эконометрика 2026 № 82 С. 86–104
This article examines the relationship between the age of first birth and the value of the “motherhood penalty” in wages. The author constructs a fixed-effects panel regression using panel data from the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (waves from 2006 to 2022). The study finds that having a child leads to a 12.7 per cent decrease ...
Added: June 30, 2026
Kuzina O. E., Моисеева Д. В., Абдураманов А. Я., Russian Journal of Economics 2026 Vol. 2 No. 12 P. 251–273
This paper assesses the relationship between financial literacy and over-indebtedness of Russian households using panel data from the Survey of Consumer Finances collected in Russia during 2018–2024. Russia is an interesting case: a relatively young consumer-finance market in which a lack of financial literacy may increase the likelihood of household over-indebtedness. To test this hypothesis, ...
Added: June 30, 2026
Астана: Центр развития и защиты конкурентной политики, Евразийская антимонопольная ассоциация, 2026.
"Антимонопольная система Казахстана: история, люди, институты" - первое комплексное издание, объединяющее исторические материалы, аналитические исследования, документальные свидетельства и очерки руководителей антимонопольного органа. Книга охватывает путь от первых шагов независимого Казахстана и становления антимонопольного законодательства в 1990-е годы до современных реформ, международных обзоров ОЭСР и интеграционных процессов в рамках ЕАЭС. ...
Added: June 18, 2026
Аракчеев В. А., Российская история 2022 № 6 С. 208–214
The comparisons between the states of Old Russian and Western Slavic states proved astonishing in their results, enabling the author to construct a less controversial model of the history of medieval Rus' and its transition to early modern Russia. B.N. Flory's collection of lecture courses will serve as a source of productive ideas and developments ...
Added: June 16, 2026
Strelnikova I., Агафонов Д. И., Вестник международных организаций: образование, наука, новая экономика 2026 Т. 21 № 1 С. 67–91
Арктический регион, на протяжении более чем десяти лет занимая особое положение в дискурсе международно-политической науки, поэтапно приобретал различные и зачастую диаметрально противоположные образы на страницах как англо-, так и русскоязычных исследований. Длительное время своеобразным «барометром» состояния «исключительности» транснациональных отношений в регионе был Арктический совет – центральный межправительственный форум, призванный де-юре содействовать международному сотрудничеству и поддержанию ...
Added: June 14, 2026
Kravtsova M., Musaev A. U., Welzel C., / Series "SSRN Working Paper Series". 2026.
Elaborating on Welzel et al.'s "Cool Water Theory," our study zooms into the more limited (albeit still varied) framework conditions of Russia's huge territory. Within Russia's confines, we examine how the combination of moderately cool seasons with steady rain (i.e., Cool Water) affects sub-national areas' contemporary societal progress in two modernization indicators: material prosperity in ...
Added: June 3, 2026
Синяков А. А., Зверева В., Шелованова Т. И., / Центральный банк Российской Федерации. Серия 132 / 2024 "Серия докладов об экономических исследованиях". 2024. № 132.
At the end of 2023, Russia updated its Strategy for Improving Financial Literacy and Developing Financial Culture Until 2030. Unlike the previous strategy, the current strategic goals include not only financial literacy but also financial culture. ‘Culture’ is normative and socially preferred behaviour. The updated strategy brings into focus the relationship between financial literacy and responsible financial behaviour. To explore this relationship, the authors rely on data from the All-Russian Survey of Consumer Finance (2020 and 2022). Socially ...
Added: June 1, 2026
Vorchik A., / SSRN. Серия Social Science Research Network "Social Science Research Network". 2026.
This work is devoted to a theoretical explanation of the Easterlin paradox, according to which long-term economic growth does not make average level of people's happiness increasing. By happiness, we mean the intensity of emotions people experience while comparing their new income with its expected value, or the target income with its original value. In the first case, ...
Added: May 31, 2026
Sizov A., Rodionova M., Sedashov E. et al., / NRU Higher School of Economics. Series PS "Political Science". 2026. No. 1.
Rapid development of surveillance technologies is one of the most socially important consequences of the digital age. This paper investigates the factors determining consent to surveillance of various types of personal data and contributes to rapidly growing research on citizens perceptions of surveillance practices. Relying on a comprehensive survey experiment, we study the effects of ...
Added: May 15, 2026