The article reveals the most relevant direction of the state anti-corruption policy defined by the national anti-corruption plan, which consists in the use of digital and information tools that are united within the framework of state information systems. The first part of the article substantiates the use of these digital tools due to the low efficiency of preventing modern forms of corruption offences using traditional methods of anti-corruption activities. As part of the digital direction of Russia’s modern anti-corruption policy, the Ministry of Labour is charged with the collection of effective regional and federal practices in the use of information systems. The best practices selected by the Ministry were also used in the creation of the state anti-corruption information system Poseidon, which is currently the basic system for all executive authorities. The final part of the article concludes with a study of the organization of the authorities’ anti-corruption work using digital tools.

The article covers theoretical and practical approaches and methods of resolving global socio-environmental (ecological) problem which is considered by the world scientific society to be one of the most complicated, dangerous for all of the human’s community on the Earth and, at the same time, as the most sophisticated to be resolved. Academic publications of Russian and foreign scientists and specialist in this aspect of modern global problems were used and analyzed. Using socio-ecological (socio-environmental) approach, an attempt to propose author’s own understanding of “Ecological (environmental) Diplomacy” was made. The article is provided with documents which were poorly used in scientific literature, as well as special academic books and articles. Important explanations concerning poorly known concepts are also provided.

The sphere of international development assistance (IDA) is undergoing significant changes, primarily due to the economic rise of the countries of the Global South. At the same time, the importance of IDA as an area of interstate cooperation remains high, as evidenced by the priority attention to this area on the part of the UN and other influential international organisations. In this regard, from the standpoint of historical and sociological institutionalism, we have analysed the cause-and-effect relations that condition the current problems of IDA and proposed ways of solving these problems. Using the aforementioned theoretical approaches, the gap between the conceptual and practical development of international aid was identified, including how donors impose the development track and the concept of IDA itself on recipients. It is shown how, including as a result of “institutional layering” in the relevant organisations, the interaction between “new” and “traditional donors” is significantly impeded, and how the latter use historically developed structures to pursue their state interests against the background of objectively falling volumes of aid from their side to the countries in need. It was noted that in order to resolve the identified contradictions, it is necessary to start a discussion in the academic and professional community, based on inclusiveness and respect for cultural diversity, on the individual development trajectory for each society, the tasks of IDA and the forms of appropriate interaction in each case. It is important to encourage openness and independent criticism in order to objectively highlight the benefits to both recipients and donors of engaging in IDA activities. Efforts should continue to develop an integrated approach for more accurate and consistent monitoring that communicates results to the general public.

The article includes four sections: the historical stages of China’s opening-up, the developmental patterns of China’s opening-up, the open policy of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA), and the bilateral opening-up developments between China and Russia. Starting with elaboration of the primary processes of China’s opening-up since the era of reform and opening-up, summarizing the distinct historical stages of China’s opening-up and the main features of each developmental phase. Subsequently, it analyzes the characteristics of China’s external development in spatial patterns, and selects two typical cases of China’s external development, namely Hainan Free Trade Port and Chongqing, for further analysis. Furthermore, it meticulously reviews the opening initiatives in key sectors of the GBA’s development and its contributions to China’s high-level external openness. Finally, the article briefly introduces the main measures and outcomes of enhancing bilateral openness between China and Russia under the current international circumstances.

The article tries to explore the importance of the work «Philosophy and sociology of the law» by Bogdan Kistyakovsky for the political science and theory. The article shows the positioning of the intelligentsia in Kyiv as part of Russian Empire, its critical attitude to the ideas of Ukrainophilism. The author stresses the political proximity of Bogdan Kistyakovsky to the political party of constitutional democrats (cadets). In his work Kistyakovsky tried to show the advantages of the rule of law, the possibility of its establishment in the Russia of that time. The article considers the contribution of the «Philosophy and sociology of the law» to the evolution of generalized scientific knowledge, the methods he proposed for improving the humanities and social sciences.