This work analyses the relationship between personal consumer values and the tendency to use the brand name (TBN) in consumption decisions. We hypothesized that TBN is influenced by consumer values and that there are differences between countries. Although Brand name (BN) is an important issue in business strategies and brands are very important in the consumers’ lives, there is a little literature about their antecedents. A Web-based survey asked two samples in Spain and Russia (nSpain=321; nRussia=375) was carried out and have used the Portrait Values Survey and TBN scale. Our results show that nine of eleven values have significant effect on the TBN. There is no difference between Spaniards and Russians in terms of the degree by which the values contribute to this explanation. There are differences in the values shown by consumers having high and low TBN. Some personal values are antecedents of TBN –where there is a void in the literature– and it can help businesses recognize which ones can help in the design of marketing strategy.

В статье анализируются особенности обращовательной системы США, дается професссиональный взгляд на специфику американского школьного образования. Кроме того, делается акцент на отличиях в образовательном подходе американской и российской школ, среднего образования. HOW LEARN AND STUDY IN AMERICA? This article analyzes the features of the educational system of the USA, gives a professional look at the specifics of American schooling. In addition, emphasis is placed on the differences in the educational approach of the American and Russian schools of secondary education.
Как учат и учатся в Америке? // Психология. Социология. Педагогика. – 2011. - №2. - С. 39 - 40.

The article highlights main problems and perspectives of launching open-access medical journals in Russia. The Saratov Journal of Medical Scientific Research is discussed as a relevant example. History of the journal and growth of its rank are reflected. Launching the journal’s open-access website is viewed as a major achievement enabling smooth communication and coordination of the editorial work. Insufficient English language skills among authors and editors are distinguished as the main problem hampering international recognition Russian scholarly journals.
European Science Editing 2012; 38(4): 93-94.

В данной статье рассматривается вопрос инновационного развития России после вступления России в ВТО. Предлагаются мероприятия по развитию инновационной инфраструктуры в регионах РФ.

В данной статье описываются результаты поездки автора в Вашингтон и общения с двумя советниками президентов США разных лет – Тоби Гати и Збигневым Бжезинским.

В данной статье описывается взаимосвязь глобальных изменений в экономике еврозоны и экономического положения в России (на примере Ростовской области).

В статье описана история переговорного процесса вступления России во Всемирную Торговую Организацию, а также изложены возможные теоретические последствия для России от членства в ВТО. The history of negotiating process of Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization as well as possible theoretical consequences for Russia from WTO membership are described in the article.
Актуальные проблемы гуманитарных и естественных наук, 2011, №4 (27), с.101-107.

Valeriy K. Korepanov. The problems of historical towns in Russia (on the example of Volga-Ural region)/Section: 1.Urban Policy and Management (Management of culture and heritage)// Международная конференция "Городская политика и развитие в Европе и России ", г. Санкт-Петербург. Дата проведения 28-30.10.2011. [В печати (тезисы)].
Международная конференция "Городская политика и развитие в Европе и России ", г. Санкт-Петербург. Дата проведения 28-30.10.2011.

In developing countries, microenterprises comprise the vast majority of the small business sector – a result of the relative lack of formal sector jobs available for the poor. These microentrepreneurs operate microenterprises not by choice, but out of necessity. The article gives the results of a statistically significant study of microbusiness in Balakovo city. Quality and reliability of study results evaluated both by traditional statistical methods and by the Rasch model. Microbusiness can not provide jobs downsized employees with large companies, however, the growth in demand will lead to a moderate degree of coupling (0,59) to increase staff in microenterprises. The bulk of today's entrepreneurs in Russia have acquired this status in 1998-2000, i.e. during and after the ‘August 1998’ crisis. A modification of the sociological tools to measure the micro business is offered.
Sedov, Dmitry G., Empirical Study of Microbusiness of Local Social Environment in Crisis: Russia (February 26, 2011). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1770425

In recent decades numerous findings, mostly from the Early Cretaceous of China, have changed traditional conceptions about the diversity and evolution of the most ancient Aves. Findings of Mesozoic birds in Russia are extremely rare. Here we describe a new bird from the Lower Cretaceous (Barremian–Aptian, Ilekskaya Svita) Shestakovo-1 locality (southern Western Siberia, Russia), that has also yielded dinosaurs, mammals, crocodiles, pterosaurs and lizards. Mystiornis cyrili gen. et sp. nov. is based on an isolated metatarsus which displays a mosaic of morphological features allowing us to create a new order, Mystiornithiformes. Mystiornis has a fully consolidated (ornithurine-like) gracile metatarsus with a primitive coplanar arrangement of the metatarsals, three separate proximal articular facets, and a uniquely located distal interosseal canal. It also displays diving adaptations previously documented only in Ornithurae.
Journal of Systematic Paleontology. 2011. V. 9. No 1. P. 109-117.