The article compares modern economic views based on the categories of morality and moral values, and forming a new “moral economy”, on the one hand, and the ideas of A.V. Chayanov on the criteria for evaluating labor, on the other.

This article is about the charity and patronage in Russia, its formation process and essential features. It provides a retrospective analysis of the two main stages in the formation of the patronage movement and gives examples of charity of the royal family, Russian nobility, merchants, and princes. The enormous role of patronage in the development of Russian culture and the inextricable connection with the beginning of the spiritual life of the Russian person, which is inextricably linked with the traditions of charity, is noted.

The authors consider relations of the Imperial Philanthropic Society and a private charitable institution – the Poor Visitation Society, founded in 1846 in St. Petersburg. On the basis of the office materials contained in the fund of the Imperial Philanthropic Society, periodical press data and memoirs they study the reasons for the inclusion of the voluntarily founded the Poor Visitation Society into the Philanthropic one also they analyze the assigned to it powers and duties before the Council of the Imperial Philanthropic Society and the relationship that developed between the members of the two institutions.

Attention is also paid to the reasons that made the Government fear the activities of private individuals in helping the poor and it had to establish control over the voluntary initiative, and the ways in which the state influenced the charitable activities carried out by private individuals, for example, the work of the Poor Visitation Society. The study of the relationship established between the members of the Poor Visitation Society and the Council of the Imperial Philanthropic Society in 1848-1855, during which the Poor Visitation Society operated in a position accountable to the Philanthropic Society, allows us to determine the general trend of state policy towards private initiative in the field of charity in the second quarter – the middle of the 19th century.

The article reports on the current state and significance of patronage in the Russian Federation defining the three of the most famous charitable foundations of Russia and their contribution to modern patronage and charity.

The article reveals the issues of transformation of social capital and the factors that influenced the key changes in understanding the role of the phenomenon in the formation of qualitatively new social structures and institutions. It is shown that one of the key factors characterizing the modern stage of civilizational development is the rapid growth of social imperatives of the trust, involvement, and co-ownership, which form new systems of interactions and forms of social practices.

The trend towards increased self-care for health and the emergence of new sales channels in the digital environment, which continued after the COVID-19 pandemic, have become drivers for changing the purchasing practices of Russian consumers. In Russia, there occurred an increase the demand for healthy food products including niche products, dietary supplements, sports nutrition as well as there appeared both new opportunities and certain restrictions for their purchase on Russian online platforms – the marketplaces Yandex.Market, Ozon and Wildberries. Advertising within marketplaces helps marketeers to promote healthy food products, thereby influencing consumer choice by customer experience management. Marketing tools for customer experience management are bonus accumulating, usage of rating systems, extended selection by product categories, the ability to sort by popularity, by update, by benefit (selection by discount and price reduction), reviews, and evaluation of products by previous buyers. New sales technologies and customization of online retail bring significant changes to consumer practices.

The article provides data on foreign trade of organizations registered in Moscow by the end of 2021. It is an analysis of the results of Moscow’s non-primary non-energy exports (NNE) to friendly countries in recent years. Anti-crisis measures to support Moscow exporters and priority directions for the development of the capital’s exports under sanctions are considered. Russian business is looking for new directions of selling its products in foreign markets. It is noted that at present, favorable opportunities are opening up for Moscow exporters to expand their activities and enter new foreign markets. The demand for products of the Moscow and Moscowregistered organizations, including products of regional enterprises owned by them, makes it possible to expand the NNE in world markets.

The presented article analyses the role of Belt and Road Initiative within the process of Eurasian economic integration with regard to modern trends in the world economy and politics and more precisely key trends of Eurasian Economic integration. The role of BRI can be determined as the driver for regional, crossregiobal integration and as the platform for establishment and coordination of transregional economic partnership and cooperation within the Eurasia.

Most of C. Schmitt’s scientific texts are considered “classics of the genre”, and the scientist himself took a strong position in modern political studies, political science, and philosophy.

The relevance of Schmitt’s scientific heritage is beyond doubt though there might be certain logical, content and historical inaccuracies. Strange as it may seem, it is those very inaccuracies that often provide food for further effective development of modern scientific thought. The purpose of the paper in that regard is, on the one hand, to critically analyze some provisions in Schmitt’s teachings, and on the other, to try to motivate oneself and the reader (by means of the analysis performed) to find answers while solving questions modern civilization is facing today. Most likely, Schmitt himself would not protest against his theoretical heritage being revised, having once remarked that “every phrase contains an answer, every answer answers a question, and every question grows out of some situation”.

The paper is devoted to Schmitt’s interpretation of the law of nations.

The law of nations as a prototype of international law has been subjected to multiple interpretations (starting from the time of its origin in the bowels of Roman law and ending with the interpretations employed by the lawyers of the 20th century). The author opts for an interpretation of the law of nations suggested by Schmitt in relation to the conception of G. Grotius, the Dutch lawyer who laid the foundations of international law. The aim is to investigate the reasons why Schmitt rejected Grotius’ division of the law of nations into the law of war and the law of peace, ignoring specifically the law of peace as such.

Schmitt’s theoretical research about wars and nomoses (historical periods of specific spatial realities) is also of great importance. The third nomos (and the last one within Schmitt’s classification) involves not only the redistribution of a large geographical space, but also its mandatory politicization with the need for political struggle and the conquest of foreign territories. The inevitability of antagonistic relations between land and sea civilizations (nomoses) demonstrated by Schmitt turned into an alliance of sea (USA, Great Britain) and land (USSR) nomoses during the Second World War, and the legal system built by Schmitt could exist only under the conditions of an emergency (military) situation and an ongoing war, which eventually led Germany to disaster.

In conclusion, the author analyzes Schmitt’s teaching consequences for the political history of the 20th century, paying tribute to the ability of the talented philosopher to remain relevant and popular until now.

The article reflects the results of the International Scientific and Practical Conference “Intellectual Property Management in a Humanities University”, held at the Institute of Economics, Management and Law of the Russian State University for the Humanities on December 15, 2022. Attention is focused on the problematic issues of the harmonious use of intellectual property in the Humanities Higher Schools, taking into account the specifics of knowledge and relations in the humanitarian field.

The monograph substantiates that predictive insights can analyze signals, minimize risks of the erroneous innovative and managerial decisions when forming a strategy for the development of a single-industry town, choosing its smart specialization, since when predicting innovative transformations, it is important to collect, accumulate and process data for the buildup of competencies, including the implicit and non-codifiable (which in the theory of knowledge management are located at the top of the pyramid “data – information – knowledge – wisdom”), the selection of important information from the mass flow, detecting significant signals and their analysis. The authors propose to use the tools of predictive analytics to solve the issue of managing the development of single-industry towns, associated with the lack of tools for evaluating the effectiveness of ongoing programs for the creation of PSEDA, industrial parks, the use of various support measures, projects for diversifying the economy, and adjusting development programs for PSEDA in single-industry towns.