ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES OF MEDICAL REHABILITATION OF PATIENTS WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES WHO HAVE UNDERGONE COVID-19

Данная статья посвящена изучению организации медицинской реабилитации пациентов с сердечно-сосудистой патологией, перенесших COVID-19. Авторами статьи приводятся примеры реабилитационных программ в странах далёкого, близкого зарубежья и в Казахстане. This article is devoted to the study of the organization of medical rehabilitation of patients with cardiovascular pathology who have undergone COVID-19. The authors of the article give examples of rehabilitation programs in the countries of far and near abroad and in Kazakhstan.

The Russian population of the near abroad: geodemographic dynamics of the post-Soviet period

This article explores the geodemographic dynamics of the Russian population of the near abroad in the post-Soviet period. It analyzes the quantitative changes and transformation of its geography, the level of urbanization and the gender and age structure. The study shows that in the post-Soviet period there was a sharp decline in the number of Russians in all of the near abroad. This process was most intensive in the 1990s. The maximum demographic losses during this period were suffered by the Russian population of Transcaucasia and a number of countries in Central Asia. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the rate and absolute scale of decline are decreasing, but the trend itself remains stable. This is associated with the natural decline of the Russian population, its migration to Russia and foreign countries, and assimilation. The relationship of these factors to the quantitative decline has varied across time and across individual countries. In almost all Russian communities a significant preponderance of women is recorded. The median age of Russians in all countries of the near abroad is more than 40 years. The level of urbanization of Russians in most of these countries has decreased. Better preserved are the metropolitan and rural Russian populations. The demographic ratio of the Russian communities of individual countries and macroregions has changed. The numbers of Russians in Kazakhstan and Ukraine (without the people's republics of Donbass) are already comparable, and there are more Russians in the Baltic countries than in Central Asia. Russian communities of unrecognized (or partially recognized) States are characterized by increased demographic stability.

Russian-language Literaly Periodicals

The problem of Russian-language Literature of the far-abroad countries has been little studied by home literary critics and the concept itself has been developed only in application to the literature of Russian peoples and the near abroad. Creative associations and periodicals play an important role in the formation of a new type of Russian literature. Germany turned out to be the European center of Russian-language literature, just like a hundred years ago. The Russian-language literature is published by differently oriented periodicals among which are magazines adherent to the idea of two Russian literatures; magazines supporting the unity of the Russian literature and those tending to reveal the peculiarities of émigré Russian literature through the comparison it with the metropolitan one. The Russian-language literary prosses take place in a variety of periodicals and has signs of one of the national micro-cultures in the European space.

Formation of the basics of health-saving competence in children of senior preschool age

The article is devoted to the study of development issues, the formation of the basics of health-saving competence in children of senior preschool age. Due to the fact that the issues of forming the basics of health-saving competence in senior preschool children in the Kazakh academic community is studied extremely poorly and is not specifically allocated, the authors based on the analysis of the structure and content of the concept of “health science” generalized theoretical provisions on the nature of health-saving competence of researchers from far and near abroad. The results of the study will increase awareness of the effectiveness of the development of the formation of the foundations of health-saving competency in senior preschool children among the academic community and the Kazakh society as a whole, can serve as the basis for further theoretical research in the field of studying the formation of health-saving competence in senior preschool children.

Belarus as a liminal space for Russia’s ontological security before and after the 2020 protests

The article uses the ontological security framework and the concept of liminality to analyze Belarus liminal status vis-a-vis Russia and the role it has played in Russia’s ontological security seeking before and after the 2020 Belarus Awakening. It argues that while the entire near-abroad, and, in particular, Ukraine have been important in terms of Russia’s post-imperial ontological security seeking strategies, Belarus occupies a unique position with respect to Russia’s securitized identity because of its perfectly marginal or liminal status. This has to do with the fact that, in the Russian geopolitical gaze, Belarus has remained almost unseparated from the Russian Self. Furthermore, the 2020 protests challenged this status but did not entirely eliminate it, leading to a restructuration of Belarus’ liminality.

CONSIDERATIONS ON THE POLICIES OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION TO ACHIEVE NATIONAL INTERESTS IN ITS NEAR ABROAD

The policies of the Russian Federation in its near abroad have been constantly changing. Taking into account this consideration, it is important to know what were thedetermining factors that influenced the policy orientation of the Russian Federation in the pursuit of national interests in those areas. In this context, are analyzed the policies through which the Russian Federation projects national interests in its near abroad such as “hard power”, which include military operations (the involvement of Russian troops as“peacekeeping forces” in the Republic of Moldova, Georgia and Tajikistan; stationing of large units and units on the territory of the former union republics; economic sanctions, etc.). In tandem with “hard power” policies, the Russian Federation also uses “soft power” policies (promoting the Russian language and culture, strengthening the presence of the Russian Federation in the information space, supporting the Russian diaspora).Keywords: policies, national interests, “hard power”, “soft power”, economic sanctions, military operations.

Turkish foreign policy in the Middle East: power projection and post-ideological politics

Power projection, security, pragmatic considerations and a disparate mix of national interests and narrower party-political objectives have driven the foreign policy of Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the Middle East since it came to power in 2002. Ideological concerns, consisting of a fluid blend of Islamist, neo-Ottoman and ‘civilizationalist’ ideas, mingled with a hefty dose of Turkish nationalism, have played a variable, auxiliary but none the less significant role. The Arab uprisings of 2011 opened up opportunities for the AKP to pursue its ideological objectives and they became more central to its policies, if only in some areas or clusters of relationships. However, they receded after 2015, when a confluence of domestic and regional factors caused the onset of a transactional, ‘post-ideological’ phase. The article places the Middle East in the wider context of Turkish foreign policy, both historically and in comparison with other regions, arguing in the process that categories of ‘East’ and ‘West’ are of limited value for its proper understanding and interpretation. It then divides it into four sub-regions, distinct in geographical and issue terms: Syria and Iraq (the ‘near abroad’), the wider Arab world, Israel–Palestine, and Iran. It analyses Turkish foreign policy towards them in sequence, illustrating the ways in which power-political considerations have predominated in all, albeit in different ways and to varying degrees, over the past five years.

Teacher ethics as a research problem: a narrative review of the scholarly writings

The authors explore a vital problem of our time, i.e., the professional ethics of teachers. Considering the relevance of this problem, the authors of this paper initiated a study devoted to a narrative review of scientific sources of foreign authors from far and near abroad on teaching professional ethics to future teachers, synthesizing points of view on key aspects of this problem. The research was carried out by the method of systematization and generalization of pedagogical experience in the aspect of the issue under study, thus the authors of this work tried to bring experimental facts of scientific views of authors from far and near abroad into the system of observation. According to the results of interviews with graduate students, the majority of respondents have low indicators of knowledge and skills in the field of professional ethics by the end of university, which will have a negative impact on their future professional activities. The results of research will expand scientific knowledge on the problem of forming professional ethics among students-future teachers and complement the main provisions of professional ethics and concepts of moral and professional development of the individual, enriching the theory and methodology of continuing professional education.

Disaffection, Disinformation, and Democracy

This chapter reviews the main findings of the book and then shifts the focus beyond the post-Soviet region. It first discusses what the argument contributes to ongoing debates in political science about how regimes spread and manipulate information. It then considers the evolution of conspiracism in two imperfect democracies: Turkey, which bears a surface resemblance to cases covered in this book, and then the United States, a country with a venerable history of popular belief in conspiracy theories. Despite being a well-established democracy, recent developments indicate that conspiracy claims have moved fully into the political mainstream. It then discusses the implications of Russia’s export of conspiracy theories, a practice initially intended to influence opinion in the near abroad but then expanded globally. Finally, it considers the implications of this book’s arguments for democracy and governance today.