RUDN Journal of Public Administration

The need to determine the priorities of the scientific and technological development of the country and the effective financing of research and development dictates the application in practice of the ideas of the scientific budget. Based on the conducted research, the authors proposed the principles of the scientific budget, of which the most significant are: the priority of financing the most significant areas of research and development; ensuring a single targeted approach to managing the costs of R&D at all stages of the life cycle of scientific research and experimental development. The procedure for developing a scientific budget, from the point of view of the authors, consists of a number of stages. In particular, it is envisaged to assign additional functionality to the Unified State Accounting Information System of R&D related to the evaluation and selection of scientific topics (R&D projects), as well as determining the amount of funding for work from the federal budget. The algorithm for implementing the additional functionality of the system includes a procedure for determining the compliance of the R&D project with the priorities of scientific and technological development of the Russian Federation, evaluating the scientific and scientific and technical results of the project according to the criteria of the technology readiness level, as well as conducting a comparative analysis of the project under consideration with the average indicators of a sample of analog projects generated in the system automatically. The application of a methodological approach to assessing the effectiveness of the tools of the state program “Scientific and Technological Development of the Russian Federation” in the formation of the scientific budget allows us to draw conclusions about the need to optimize, expand or reduce the list of program tools. Evaluation of the effectiveness of the program tools is carried out according to the criteria: 1) necessity; 2) sufficiency; 3) the degree of contribution to the achievement of the goal.

The article provides the psychological and political analysis of the formation of the ideology of the Russian state. For this, the authors applied the methods developed in the LeningradPetersburg school of prof. A.I. Yuriev, which allow a systematic description of the psychological phenomena and processes involved in the formation of ideology, its development and transmission to the next generations. Systematic consideration of psychological factors makes it possible to construct an ideology that is closest to the mentality of the population, and to correct it in time.

In the article, the authors consider the moral and ethical problems that are associated with the image of public and mass platforms in the media space. In addition to ethical issues, the article deals with social and moral aspects. Modern public entertainment venues are being developed with state support, thanks to which young people can construct their leisure time and have the opportunity to develop for free. The article examines the relationship between the active participation of the authorities and the positive development of the media image. The moral and ethical aspects of the media image are closely related to modern technologies. Modern technologies are intertwined with the harsh conditions of the modern media environment. The main idea of the article is to demonstrate the inextricable connection between state support and municipal public platforms. The authors propose ways of developing and disseminating information about a positive image in the media environment that meet ethical standards.

The article is devoted to the peculiarities of economic relations between China and Latin American countries at the present stage. The characteristic features of trade relations and the implementation of joint infrastructure projects were revealed. There were outlined China’s interests in cooperation with Latin America. Latin American countries are trying to maneuver between the United States and China, often choosing China as a more profitable partner. China is striving to build a new system of international economic relations in Latin America and the whole world, the important directions of which will be the creation of conditions for the stable development of Chinese economy.

How might the analysis of public technology policy be further systematised and made more objective so that important factors such as conscious subjects, interests, infl and prioritisation could better be taken into account by policy analysts and decision-makers? An integrated model designed to guide and structure the analysis process might comprise a solution to this problem. An adequately sophisticated yet concise and systematic framework of this sort would necessarily take into account the referential point of departure and alternative types of policy analysis as well as the nature, interests and priorities of those entities actually shaping public technology policy. The segment of the proposed integrated model and which is concerned with built-in assumptions about the nature of technological development has been covered in a previous article [1]. The purpose of the current article is to develop and present one further part or segment of an integrated model for public technology policy analysis (IMTPA) and to demonstrate its methodological and analytical utility with central policy analysis documents from Canada during the period 1990-2005. This article shall limit itself to a part of the IMTPA concerned with the type and scope of public technology policy analysis to be undertaken - a methodology which might better guide and make more transparent both the policies being examined as well as the policy analysis process itself.

The authors analyze the question of the origin of Russian statehood in ancient times. The main goal of the research is to study economic and social state of Russia at the beginning of the VIth century. The authors conduct a detailed analysis of the Norman and anti-Norman theories. They conclude assessment of the degree of influence of each of the theories on the formation of Russia as a full-fledged state.