The polarization of the population in Russia is reflected in the psychological state of society. The article deals with the phenomenon of “group polarization”. First, we define the phenomenon formulated in the framework of social psychology. Next, we presented the main theories that explain the mechanism of action of this phenomenon. Further, we considered in more detail psychological experiments aimed to study group polarization empirically. Separately, we considered studies that also established the features of group polarization, but were carried out in related social sciences. The examples of recent events that took place in Russia illustrate the process of group polarization in modern society in the period from 2014 to 2020. Based on the described studies, we formulated the need for a more detailed empirical analysis of this phenomenon in the current conditions of society in Russia. Finally, we outlined the main ways related to the study of the connection between group polarization and the psychological state of society and people’s behaviour.

The article analyses the periods of socio-economic and socio-cultural cycles. it reveals the factors of interrelating conditions of an economy and a nation’s health. it reconsiders the issues of organizing international assistance programs in various countries. it introduces proposals as to the directions of international aid programs in poor countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America. A major deliverable of the article is the significance of the necessity to break away from the isolation in international relations and deeper cooperation between the nation-states based on the international financial and economic organisations such as the iMF and the World Bank.

I am studying in the greenfield liberal arts school, meaning there are a lot of experiments and hot patching that happens during the studying process. While some things change, one thing got through three years of school existence almost unchanged — the elective choice system. And now, when this system is finally questioned as to the one that can allow students’ self‑interest to lead to a constructive and just distribution to electives, I want to assess the ability of current elective choice system — the semester‑rating based one, with the seven‑median grading — to distribute students satisfiable in a different modelled situation and to find out if this system is that stable in critical conditions. What i suppose is that this system will be stable enough in a short-term perspective, but will need to be changed after some time.

Horse carriages, film cameras, and traditional encyclopedia were dethroned by the once bizarre cars, digital cameras, and online resources, respectively. Although such major shifts were happening for at least one hundred years by now, the Theory of disruptive innovations was designed only in the late nineties by a prominent academic and business consultant Clayton Christensen. So, the main questions of my paper are how do disruptive innovations proceed and what are the factors causing the disruption? The existing literature provides a substantial critique of Christensen’s theory and taken this into account. I propose that the disruptions usually succeed due to the random factors or the ones not directly connected to disruption Theory and unfold favourably for incumbents irrespectively of their strategical choices.

Formation and expansion of TNCs, particularly in developing countries and countries with economies in transition, is primarily due to a complex network of international production and localisation activities on promising markets at the expense of foreign direct investments (Fdi). These processes every year is increasingly becoming one of the key components of the global economy. Tasks of this paper are to describe the nature and content of the concept of “transnational corporation”, to identify critical factors and characteristics of the modern transnational business in developing countries, countries with economies in transition, and to consider the place and role of TNCs in developing countries and countries with economies in transition.