Opening address of editor-in-chief.

The article regards fundamental matters of governance of Russian economy development.

Crimean events — the significant information signal of the new world era beginning, the era that came to substitute the epoch associated with the Soviet Union collapse. In these circumstances, the strategic role of Russia as a guarantor — operator of the system for global and regional balances maintenance allows it to permanently integrate into the system mechanisms determining the contours of the global macroeconomic models and well-being of national and international economic and political institutions: Russia is back among the great powers.

The article proposes “the developing society organization”, denoted as “effectively managed free market” which will allow to eliminate the conflict between government and business and even to reduce the grounds for conflict with the opposition.

The article discusses the macroeconomic regulation as a method of economic management, where the control center — the state does not need to study and to evaluate any slightest impact on the system, to give indications to the system elements how to react to it. The paper analyzes major challenges associated with implementation of innovation potential. The main trends of developing innovation potential of Russia are described.

Problems of the North are primarily connected with the living conditions of people, environment and economy. Today are palpable the consequences of the country’s leadership decision taken in the mid-1990s on production decommissioning of these areas. At that time gold mines were closed, the Northern Sea Route was disbanded and many social organizations were abolished; but despite all these difficulties the people didn’t leave their habitual residence remaining faithful to their roots and traditions. The problems of the Arctic and the Far North, how forgotten areas of the Far North are acquiring a “second breath”, why to cooperate with Alaska and how it is possible to reduce significantly the way from the Asia-Pacific region to Europe — all these items were covered by the Head of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) Yegor Borisov in his interview with the “ES” magazine.

Cautious attitude to the roads, in which billions of rubles were invested, will ensure long-term preservation of their quality.

Natural resources and transit potential of the Russian Far East provides ample opportunities for Russia to become in the future one of the leaders of the global economy and already today — an active participant in dynamically developing Asia-Pacific region. Very rich natural resources are focused on the vast territory of the Far East, an area greater than the whole of Europe. The plans for long-term economic growth and prosperity of the country, for improving life of the Russian citizens are associated with development and use of these resources. In his interview with the parliamentary columnist of the “ES” magazine Valentina Nicholskaya the chairman of the State Duma Committee on regional policy and the North and the Far East problems Nikolay Kharitonov told about peculiarities of the region development strategy, about priority of its labor potential presevation.

The paper considers changes of the “Economic Strategies” opportunistic index (OIES) in January-December 2014. The contribution of supply and demand indices into OIES is estimated. Industrial production analysis is performed.

Realism and attitude to war — the most terrible phenomenon in the mankind history — in the works of Polenov and Velazquez.