Sergei V. Ilkevich

the development of educational export is an important strategic task both for Russian universities at the institutional level, allowing them to increase the level of global competitiveness, and at the state level, ensuring the implementation of the principles of the «soft power» strategy. Both of these goal-settings contribute to the achievement of national interests through attraction and persuasion. To increase the efficiency of the export of Russian education and high-quality training of specialists for the global labor market, it is necessary to develop effective methods, mechanisms and te...

the chapter examines the phenomenon of strategic default within vertically integrated industrial structures during periods of liquidity crisis and declining profitability. The relevance is driven by the growing number of corporate conflicts between majority beneficiaries and minority creditors (bondholders) amid high volatility in commodity markets and the tight monetary policy of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. The aim is to deconstruct the hidden mechanisms of financial flow redistribution within holding structures that enable controlling persons to minimize obligations to extern...