The paper presents economic justification for applicability of near-surface geothermal installations in Luga region, based on results of techno-economic calculations as well as integrated technical and economic comparison of different prediction scenarios of heat supply, both conventional and using geothermal heat pumps (GHP). Construction costs of a near-surface geothermal system can exceed the costs of central heating by 50-100 %. However, operation and maintenance (O&M) costs of heat production for geothermal systems are 50-70 % lower than for conventional sources of heating. Currently this technology is very important, it is applied in various countries (USA, Germany, Japan, China etc.), and depending on the region both near-surface and deep boreholes are being used. World practice of nearsurface geothermal systems application is reviewed in the paper.

Статья посвящена современным событиям, связанным с избранием Э. Макрона президентом Франции и его политикой в отношении энергетической программы страны. Рассматриваются различные варианты энергетического развития Франции в контексте мировой энергетической проблемы. Подчеркивается особое внимание, которое новый французский президент уделяет экологически чистым источникам энергии The article is devoted to modern events connected with the election of E. Macron as the new president of France and his policy regarding the country's energy program. The article considers various options for the development of the events of France's energy development in the context of the world energy problem. Specifically highlighted is the special attention that the new president of France pays to clean energy sources.

Proposed monograph discusses definitions, basic concepts and approaches of regional security with respect to Central Asia. Regional security
is a very complex concept and geopoliticians have given it to different meanings in different times and places. In the present study it has been
examined that how geopolitics has been affected and shaped by regional security theories and other factors. Generally, there are identified
five major interdisciplinary factors (social, military, physical, environmental and political) which affect security of region, therefore, all these
factors have also been analysed with respect to the study region. Further, four dimensions of the regional security and energy geopolitics
have also been discussed in respect to the study region. Under the first dimension, the foreign powers intervention in the study region e.g. like
1973 Iran policy has been discussed. Under the second dimension, the intraregional ethnic clash because of unequal distribution of oil wealth
the regional security of Central Asia has been debated. The third dimension includes a detailed study of militant attacks on oil and gas facilities
as a result of ideological differences. This sort of analysis is helpful in identifying potential militants and terrorist threats. The fourth
dimension of border dispute as the cause of regional conflicts and risk to the security of the region has been examined. In the present study
four case studies i.e. the Iran’s APOC oil embargo of 1973, Nigeria and Sudan ethnic conflicts over hydrocarbons resources, Iraq-Kuwait border
dispute and Iraq war and militant attack in Saudi Arab and Iraq’s oil and gas facilities have been taken to identify and correlate regional
security problems and energy geopolitics. Adopting this methodology and in the light of these case studies, a scenario building exercise has
been carried out related to the regional security and energy geopolitics of the Central Asia.
Javed Zafar Regional Security and Energy Geopolitics of Central Asia // The Russian Academic Journal, Vol. 31, Issue 1, 2015, pp. 0-0

China is immediate neighbour of Central Asian States and has very long history of engagement with the region. A brief history of Chinese engagement
is discussed in given paper. China is world largest economy and dependent of imported oil and gas form different part of world and this oil
and gas supply is expensive and vulnerable because of various reasons, therefore China is focusing on Central Asia as this region has vast amount
of hydrocarbons. Chinese policies and strategies to grab Central Asian oil and gas are also examined in given paper.
Zafar Javed China and Central Asian Energy Geopolitics // The Russian Academic Journal, Vol. 27, Issue 1, 2014, pp. 0-0

Health risk of obesity is a heavily growing concern for societies across the globe, as it is the root cause of several lethal diseases, for which the cure is highly expensive. I tried an innovative approach with some formulations and calculations, and it has shown excellent results.The work is intended to explore the efficacy of the judiciously practiced weight loss measure for an interested obese person. The manuscript explains the concept with the formulated enhanced impact of this methodology and thus presents an exploratory logical hypothesis. It is proven to be a reliable tool to fight obesity without medication treatments.
Ashish Runthala Tolerable environmentally inverse constrained functional metabolism: Key to fight obesity // Russian Open Medical Journal, Vol. 1, Issue 3, 2012, pp. 309-0

China is immediate neighbour of Central Asian States and has very long history of engagement with the region. A brief history of Chinese engagement is discussed in given paper. China is world largest economy and dependent of imported oil and gas form different part of world and this oil and gas supply is expensive and vulnerable because of various reasons, therefore China is focusing on Central Asia as this region has vast amount of hydrocarbons. Chinese policies and strategies to grab Central Asian oil and gas are also examined in given paper.