ENSURING ECONOMIC SECURITY OF RUSSIA IN THE CONTEXT OF AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT TRENDS: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS

Abstract Purpose: A new scientific problem is posed and substantiated: the need to take into account the African economic development trends in the system of ensuring the economic security of Russia. In this context, in order to assess the security of the national economy and the competitive position of Russia, the results of scientific studies of the main development trends and threats in Africa, the position of various countries on the African continent are analyzed. Methodology: The authors are based on the analysis of current scientific literature, government official documents, and statistical reports. The main methods of research are analytical review, comparison, systematic approach, cultural and civilizational approach. Result: The article substantiates the position that taking into account the development trends of the African continent is an important component in the system of assessing the national economic security of Russia in the current period and in the future, ensuring competitiveness and strengthening the economic sovereignty of Russia, analyzing the potential of interaction with African countries in the management practice. Applications: This research can be used for the universities, teachers and education students. Novelty/Originality: The authors formulate the main directions of the activation of scientific research and concentration of practical efforts to improve the national economic security of Russia in the context of the development trend of the African continent

Global Value Chains and Their Potential Role in the Development of Russian-Belarusian Integration

In this article the author examines the phenomenon of the spread and the different approaches to the typology of global value chains, as well as the economic benefits from participating in them. Currently, in the areas of high economic activity scientific and expert community regards the global value chain as one of the tools to increase the degree of economic integration of the regional economies. On the basis of expert opinion survey the prospects of Russian-Belarusian integration were summarized, and the author concluded that at the current stage of integration the most effective way to participate in global value chains would be embedding in them small and medium enterprises of the two countries. The most promising strategy to increase participation in the global value chain would be a method of “lifting up the chain” shown by some countries in Southeast Asia. The author proposed a number of practical actions in the area of institutional organization and industry orientation of deepening the Russian-Belarusian integration through participation in global value chains. Particular attention should be paid to the development of neoindustrialization process that is able to fundamentally change the current architecture of the global division of labor