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The article shows that in general, the border and coastal regions, closely integrated into the global economy, benefit more from the positive foreign economic situation and, accordingly, lose more in case of deterioration. St. Petersburg has historically been associated with both the West and the East, adapting to changing conditions to a certain extent. The authors raise the question of adapting existing strategic planning documents based on new challenges that turned out to be larger than previously expected.

The article deals with the issues of economic security in the context of the modern interpretation of post-globalization. After analyzing the existing definitions of the concept of “economic security”, the authors came to the conclusion that the implementation of Russia’s national interests and priorities in the economic sphere is impossible without taking into account the regional factor. The Northwestern Federal District is of particular importance for the system of strategic priorities of regional security due to historical, geographical, and economic reasons. A universal understanding of security presupposes a particularly attentive attitude to key regions. Let us point out that this corresponds to all world approaches to understanding economic security

The Soviet experience of economic management was formed taking into account the experience of the American and European industrial management of the industrial revolution of the late 19th century. In turn, the Soviet model became the subject of close analysis in the West by the end of the second five-year plan. Contrary to the general consensus, attention was drawn not only to the question of the depth of the market, but also to the ratio of territorial and sectoral administration.

The article analyzes the most important details and factors of the victory of the Soviet troops in the Battle of Kursk, which became a key battle during the Great Patriotic War. As a source base, the authors actively use various data not only from Russian, but also from German historiography, including memoiristics. Some observations and conclusions are very relevant in connection with modern international relations.

National security in the media sphere is becoming a multifaceted task related to the implementation of Russia’s cultural sovereignty in the context of digital transformation. Strategic planning for the development of the national media space involves domestic political and diplomatic decisions of a conceptual nature that can ensure the unity of the international information space while countering threats: (1) propaganda of violent extremism, (2) popularization of destructive ideology, (3) reduction of cultural capital level of the party in power and opposition. Operational plans for ensuring media security quite often follow the logic of situational response to threats posed by enemies and implement protective measures in relation to the media space at the national level. In methodological terms, the media security of the state is characterized by systemic practices of ensuring information security (in formal legal analysis), and analysis of threats to cognitive and noospheric security (in the natural science study of communication processes). The research methodology involves the use of the method of participant observation inherent in noxology to classify threats emanating from the mass media. Among the main objectives of the article: analysis of modern Russian political and legal documents aimed at ensuring media security and countering extremism, characterizing the Russian policy of securitization of social problems in the media sphere, delimiting legal political struggle from criminal (extremist and destructive) practices of political communication. The objectives of the study include the analysis of foreign experience in ensuring national media security in the context of digitalization and the growing threat of violent extremism. The logic of competition in the digital cultural space practically excludes the use of secrecy, censorship and forcing the audience to watch propaganda in the process of ensuring media security. Public relations in the media sphere involves the choice of media content by the audience of the global information space, which means that the protection of national spiritual and moral values is implemented in the liberal paradigm and demands open dialogue between the party in power and the opposition on topical issues of national security.

Sanctions regimes are a factor in Russia’s development for many years. The state as a whole is ready to repel new threats. However, the consequences of sanctions, as well as ways to overcome them, are pronounced regional in nature. The role of St. Petersburg in improving industrial policy and import substitution is very great. For cities of the rank of St. Petersburg, special economic regimes adopted in relation to Russia are not only new challenges, but also the possibility of accelerated development.

The mobilization economy should not be perceived as synonymous with improving governance efficiency. The mobilization of the economy and the relevant authorities is a temporary, specifically historical phenomenon. On the other hand, the desire to improve the efficiency of economic management is a task constantly facing any modern society.

At present, with the opportunities of the previous model of world economic development exhausted, only countries building alternative models of global cooperation will have good economic prospects. In this conditions the new role of Russia, China is traced. This article examines the experience and prospects of cooperation between Beijing and the Baltic countries, including within the framework of the well-known project “One Belt — One Way”.

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In modern conditions, classical approaches to urbanization need to be supplemented. The concept of rural agglomerations based on the development of inter-territorial cooperation of local governments arose. The question about new criteria for the formation of agglomerations was raised. The concept of actual urban settlements, which involves taking into account the modern characteristics of environmental processes is proposed. The territorial base is the southern part of the Republic of Karelia.

Global instability as a factor in the change of world order increased gradually. The discussion about a new systemic crisis began already at a time when the world and Europe were still overcoming the consequences of the economic crisis of 2007–2009. However, we faced with not an economic and not even a political crisis, but a systemic destruction of the world order, which will no longer be restored. Ukraine has only shown that it is a weak link, where all global problems are integrated into a single whole and proposed for Russia’s solution.

In the 21st century, innovations are necessary because they allow us to withstand the rapidly changing and growing competition in a globalized world. Entrepreneurs who do not introduce innovations face stagnation and lagging behind competitors. Regardless of the size of the enterprise, the volume of production or the field of activity, innovation should be the hallmark of any modern enterprise. The innovation processes that take place at enterprises are determined by an extensive constellation of both internal and external conditions, which should be considered in the category of stimulators, as well as barriers to innovation. Enterprises can use various typical strategies to create and implement innovations. However, they must decide how to act innovatively, which strategy to choose and how to use it to ensure market success.The article discusses the basic concepts and definitions of innovative activity of the enterprise, considers various approaches to the formulation of the concepts of innovative activity and innovation system. The basic principles of the mechanism of management of innovative activity of the enterprise are defined. The stages of formation of the organizational and economic mechanism of innovation management were also investigated, the theoretical foundations of the formation of such a mechanism were worked out.

The territorial-political structure of the Russian Empire has been studied quite well. The challenge is adapting historical knowledge to current management practices. Russia was not an empire, but it was also not a classical federation. Approximately 35 % of the country was governed in special regimes. This design can be criticized, but this management model did not catalyze the disaster of the beginning of the 20th century. The causes of the crisis were related to public administration issues. In turn, the study of the territorial-political structure will reveal not only the weak, but also the strengths of the management model of imperial Russia.

The nature of the tasks facing modern Russia requires not only a forecast of the future, but also a thorough study of the past, which is necessary to optimize management decisions. The experience of the State Planning Committee of the USSR in the last year has been repeatedly mentioned and discussed as an element of the economic history of the USSR, possible for future application.

The development of the St. Petersburg agglomeration, like any other Russian and international agglomeration, is not only a spatial, but also a socio-economic process. The genesis of agglomeration is associated with economic and political changes. Spatial change is the consequence of new economic and political challenges. The development of the St. Petersburg agglomeration can and should be considered as a single integrated process, which does not mean denying the advisability of considering agglomeration by sector. This article addresses some issues in the western agglomeration sector.

The dependence of management decisions on information support is not a debatable issue for a long time. However, the changing quality of information creates both new challenges and new opportunities in the information and analytical field. The decision-making process, which would seem to be facilitated by digitalization, is actually becoming more complicated. As one of the main effects of digitalization, we note the apparent availability of information. In fact, simple facts that create an information network no longer become, moreover, they become smaller, or rather, their availability decreases. The necessary information sinks in the ocean of information noise. Echo chambers and filter bubbles exacerbate this problem.