Law clerks as an instrument of court–government accommodation under autocracy: the case of the Russian Constitutional Court

There is a normative expectation that constitutionalism does not co-exist well with autocracy. How do constitutional courts then uphold their integrity under authoritarianism? In this paper, I answer this question by taking the case of the Russian Constitutional Court (RCC) and showing how court–government accommodation in the new post-third wave autocracies can be achieved by limiting the amount of information the court receives from its secretariat. It follows from a detailed analysis of case selection in the RCC that the secretariat can function as an “insulator,” protecting the Court from political and reputational risks. The two features that make this possible are its invisibility to the judges and the clerks’ specific professional culture. The research is informed by an extensive series of in-depth interviews in the RCC, and benefits from the relocation of the RCC to St. Petersburg in 2008.     

A semiotic study of regional branding reflected in the slogans of Korean regions

The purpose of the present analyses of regional slogans is to provide a semiotic perspective for understanding the symbolic communication systems involved in the construction of Korean regional governments. This study attempts to evaluate the slogans in terms of the semantic and morphological aspects of the texts. Findings show an overuse of signs within the slogans of regional governments that weakened the delivery of information regarding local identity. A leading slogan for a large region may create a unique identity in relative terms, whereas second-tier regions tend to mimic the success of others. The present research illustrates that each region of Korea cannot be differentiated in terms of a semantic analysis of linguistic signs. The communication tendencies that influence the creation of slogans for Korean regions are morphologically complex but semantically simple, resulting in the failure of these regions to secure distinctiveness in their individual brand identities.     

21世纪初危机应对中的俄罗斯国家形象塑造

危机发生后,一国政府如何应对危机一定程度上损害或修复着国家形象。21世纪初的十来年,世界上发生了一系列与俄罗斯相关的国内外危机,面对这些事件,在苏联解体后俄罗斯国际形象受损的颓势背景下,俄罗斯政府积极应对,既灵活务实,又顽强有力,客观上塑造了资源丰富、经济回升、政局稳定、政权有力、追求多极化、在国际上有发言权的世界大国形象。     

当代俄罗斯远东地区的俄汉洋泾浜简

洋泾浜俄语作为一种语言形式,广泛存在于中俄边境地区民间贸易活动中.目前,在远东,俄汉洋泾浜作为一种接触语言,有其自身发展的历史以及社会语言特征.     

试论十月革命前西伯利亚信用合作化运动

1861年农奴制改革后在西伯利亚地区出现了信用合作社，在十月革命前大约半个世纪时间里西伯利亚信用合作社得到很大的发展，出现了大量信用合作社联盟。西伯利亚合作社及其联盟为西伯利亚地区经济发展做出了一定贡献：为这里的居民提供了低利息贷款，为西伯利亚的农民提供农具等生产资料和日常生活用品，帮助居民销售商品。     

经济全球化背景下加强高校俄语专业二外教学问题研究

经济全球化是超越国界的经济活动,它使得世界各国的整体性日趋凸显.随着这一趋势对中国影响日深,高校的相关专业也应注重培养能够熟练掌握多门外语的人才.作为中俄边境大省,黑龙江省高校的俄语专业在应对这一经济发展趋势时,应大力加强第二外语教学.具体做法是：注重分类教学、选择适当教材、加强师资配备、明确学习目标、重视心理教育、注重比较教学、创建语言环境.     

中国东北经济区与俄远东地区经贸科技合作战略升级问题研究

近年来，中国东北经济区与俄罗斯远东地区贸易和经济技术合作呈现出快速发展的势头，同时双方经贸科技合作中也存在亟待解决的问题，分析这些问题的成因，对于实现东北经济区对俄经贸科技合作战略升级至关重要。     

俄罗斯刑法恶意欠薪罪解构与借鉴

拖欠劳动者工资已经成为中国严重的社会问题，在现有的法律救济措施未能有效解决该问题的情况下，某些人渴望通过将恶意欠薪行为犯罪化的方式来解决。能否在中国刑法中增加“拖欠工资罪”在学者和法律工作者中引起广泛争论。在规定恶意欠薪罪的各国刑法中，俄罗斯刑法最具典型性，对俄罗斯刑法恶意欠薪罪的正确解读，能够为我国不将恶意欠薪行为犯罪化提供极有价值的借鉴。     

Understanding regional peace and security: a framework for analysis1

The aim of this article is to build an analytical framework for understanding regional peace and security. Building on important insights from other theoretical approaches, it proposes that in order to comprehend the complexities of each regional cluster we have to account for: (a) agents of peace and security, (b) instruments of peace and security, (c) the security pattern, (d) the conflict pattern, (e) the positive peace pattern, and (f) the level of regional integration. Secondly, the article examines how these different components relate to each another. It introduces the concept of the ‘regional peace and security cluster’ (RPSC) and proposes that RPSCs can be classified as ‘regional fragmentations’, ‘regional coalitions’, ‘regional communities’ and ‘regional governmental polities’.