Ghana: Separatism in Western Togoland

The article analyzes the reasons for the rise of separatist sentiments in Ghana’s eastern region of Volta, which became part of Ghana only after the country gained independence in 1957. The authors examine the activities of separatist organizations and the reaction of incumbent government of Nana Akufo-Addo, as well as the factors preventing the secession of the eastern region and/or its annexation to neighboring Togo. The relevance of the subject of the study is due to both the growing threat of separatism in Africa and the absence in Russian African Studies of works devoted to this aspect of contemporary history of Ghana.

Conflict Dimension of Serbo-Albanian Delimitation in the Fall of 1913

The article is devoted to the Serbo -Albanian delimitation after the Balkan Wars (1912-1913). The author pays particular attention to the conflict dimension of that issue.

Albanian National Idea and External Factor (1913‒1914)

The article is devoted to the role of the Great Powers in the formation of the Albanian statehood on the eve of World War I. Special attention is paid to the solution of the issue of power and the creation of an International Control Commission.

Serbo-Albanian conflict in the autumn of 1913 and Russia

The article is devoted to Serbo-Albanian conflict in the fall of 1913. The author pays particular attention to the Russian peacekeeping role. The research is based on unpublished archive documents.

League of Prizren in the context of the formation of Albanian statehood

The article is devoted to the activity of the League of Prizren (1878-1881) as one of the key elements of the formation of the Albanian statehood. Special attention is paid to its role in the development of plans for the creation of a unified Albanian state. The author also analyzes the role of the Great Powers in the Albanian issue.

West Africa: The evolution of traditional institutions of power. Africa: occult practices in civil wars and conflicts

The paper considers the influence of traditional beliefs on political processes and the nature of military operations during armed conflicts in contemporary Africa. The authors’ attention is focused on the administration of magic rituals and rites of initiation and immunization to members of tribal militias and rebel groups, aimed at maintaining their cohesion, commitment, fearlessness and, ultimately, achieving military success.

Idea of the Balkan Federation: past and present

The article is devoted to the main aspects of the problem of creating of the Balkan Federation. The author pays particular attention to the views of Serbian Social Democrats. The author concludes that the idea mentioned-above is in demand in modern conditions.

Serbia and Albania in the autumn of 1913: external factor

The article is devoted to the main aspects of the Serbo-Albanian relations. The author pays particular attention to the role of international factors.

“The unity based on memories of former intimacy is an attempt to warm up at a went out fire…” The letters from V.M. Chernov to O.S. Minor and M.I. Klyaver

In the publication, O.V. Konovalova, V.I. Fedorova, A.P. Dvoretskaya presented letters 1931-1932 of the leader and theoretician of the party of socialists-revolutionaries V.M. Chernov to a prominent figure of the party O.S. Minor and a representative of Harbin socialists-revolutionaries organization M. I. Klyaver regarding the split of the Foreign delegation of the socialists-revolutionaries. They are preserved in the collection of VM. Chernov of the International Archives and Collections at the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam. The presented letters help to clarify VM. Chernov’s position on the key issues of the history of the SR party during the Russian revolution, Civil War, and emigration of the 1920s, and also shed light on the deep reasons for the split of the ZD AKP.

History of the formation and development of the institute of intellectual property in Japan

The development of the legal system of any country is impossible without the protection of intellectual property. Japan, as a country with an economic culture of exporting technologies and equipment, pays special attention to this issue. First of all, this is due to the priority direction of the state policy of Japan, a country of advanced technologies and innovations. The whole system of creation and protection of the intellectual property in Japan is regulated by the Copyright Act (Act No. 48 of 1970), Intellectual Property (Law No.122 of 2002), disputes shall be resolved in the Intellectual Property High Court, and the registration procedure takes place in the Japan Patent Office.