Basis of effective work of local governments is their personnel structure. Efficiency of activity of local governments in many respects is defined by quality of their personnel structure, its ability and readiness for the solution of problems of municipal management in constantly changing and becoming complicated conditions of reforming of system of local government as independent level of management. Authors of article believe that in the conditions of reforming of local government deficiency of the qualified and competent shots is observed. Formation of the highly professional and competent personnel case of municipal service with the corresponding personnel potential, optimization of management of its development is represented essentially important condition of successful realization of reform of local government and the solution of questions of local value. In modern conditions for ensuring quality of life ability of local governments to organize and coordinate functioning of all subsystems of municipality, and also to reveal objectively existing needs of local community for receiving support of the state is decisive. The system of training has to be complex, perspective, obligatory for all employees of local governments.

This article explores the problem addressing the process of international rationalization of uses of force in the conduct of foreign policy by states. Behavior of states is to a great extent preconditioned by the existence of an obligation to interpret the rules of international law publicly. Author defines the subject matter of the process of international rationalization of uses of force and the basic missions of it. Additionally the article does evolve the coherence of that process with military doctrine and translated into reality national security strategy.

The article is devoted to the implementation of the principle of universal suffrage, qualification limiting the implementation of the principle of universality, lessons learned in the implementation of the principle of developed and developing countries, as well as a variety of policy research to improve the electoral activity of citizens and, accordingly, to involve society in the management process.

In the article, questions of evolution and applicability of multimodal transportations in international trade are investigated. Problems of efficiency of multimodal transport system and modernization of its three basic elements (commercial practice, administrative requirements and transport infrastructure) are considered. Based on the research conclusions on ways of improvement and development of multimodal transportation of goods are drawn.

Origin and formation of the Institute of political parties are examined in the article. Distinctive features and main functions of political parties in modern political relations are analyzed. The author reviews different notions of political parties, given by leading scientists and politicians, examines a modern state and a role of parties in a political system, and points out basic difficulties that nowadays face political parties in some democratic states.

The article analyses theoretical aspects for organizing and development of political planning system and its basic components for effective functioning in modern Russia.

This article is dedicated to the analyzing of contemporary perspectives of African’ regionalism. The author examines international resources of the development of African regionalism, focuses on the policy of ODA.

The article investigates the influence of international military treaties on regional policy. Military contracts are considered as part of the implementation of the state’s military policy. It assesses the role of the military contracts to provide security. The article presents a classification of military contracts, the influence of the military agreements of the Russian Federation on the political situation in the South Caucasus.

Article is devoted to questions of definition of a legal regime of the premises acting as objects of the hereditary relations by the Russian legislation. In work the main signs of this object of hereditary legal relationship are considered. Definition of premises is formulated taking into account the revealed features.

The article analyzes main sources of international legal regulation of combatting corruption specifically acts which were adopted by the United Nations Organization as well as by the international regional organizations. Particular emphasis is paid to consideration of issues of legal nature and legal value of the acts, their ratio besides points of international regulation of the struggle against corruption.

The author analyses the legislation of the Russian Federation and foreign countries which establishes legal responsibility for irregularities in the field of information security. The research of crime dynamics has been done, the problems have been revealed and the prospects for the legislation development have been outlined. The article contains theoretical materials by such authors as D. N. Bakhrakh, I. L. Bachilo, T. A. Kukharenko, dissertation research А. А. Streltsov, as well as background information S. I. Ozhegov and N. Yu Shvedova.

The article is considered geopolitical concept of well-known scholars Y.N. Panarin and A.G. Dygin. The main attention is paid to information war and the forming of the new union of state (Eurasian zone). There is the analysis of the concept of the “Eurasian net” that is based on the theory of “net wars”.

In June 2015 in Russia the Federal law, making changes in acting 275-FZ of December 29, 2013 “About the state defensive order” is adopted. In the article some of these changes are analysed, in particular, the principles of bank support of the state defensive order (SDO) are considered and their assessment from the point of view of economic interests of the main participants of performance of SDO getting under action of the above Federal law is given.

The article is based on results supported by a grant from the government of the Leningrad oblast of the project “Socio-economic and socio-psychological aspects of life of migrants-compatriots in the Leningrad region: current state and prospects of development”. The article shows the specific use and adaptation of labor migrants in the municipal districts of the Leningrad region. Based on the results of socio-psychological research, the authors analyze the main problems of labor migration in the region and justify recommendations for their resolution.

The paper investigates the possibility and the necessity of using a differentiated approach to Russia in applying methods of the regulatory impact against territorial units of various types, considering foreign experience and existing problems in Russia unbalanced levels of socio-economic development of regions.

The article proposes use of the typological approach to improving the management of municipalities. Separating own criteria typology of settlements and the steps of creating a typological groups, the author generates typological groups of municipalities Gatchina district of the Leningrad region, which will further promote the development of model-making.

In this paper we propose a dynamic model of one-way migration flow. The model is constructed under the hypothesis that immigration grows when the labor productivity of the recipient country increases in comparison with the labor productivity of the donor country. Theoretical and empirical arguments for subsistence of this rule are presented. Migrant’s remittances are included in the model framework. It is assumed that remittances are used for both consumption and capital investment in the donor country. If the native populations of the recipient and the donor countries are constant, the model is mathematically represented by the third order nonlinear autonomous system of differential equations. The system steady state is found, the economic interpretation of the equilibrium is given. Within the bounds of the model the impact of migration on recipient and donor countries economies is analyzed. Gradual equalizing of the donor country labor productivity with the recipient country labor productivity could be revealed.

Today the theory of competences is extensively introduced into the practice of teaching, training and certification of qualified personnel . Many issues are published nowadays to provide well-grounded reasons of the validity and effectiveness of this theory application. However, on closer analysis, the theory suffers from many shortcomings, while the experience of its application in its current form shows its untenability.

The article discusses main problems of of preservation of cultural heritage of St. Petersburg included in the List of monuments of federal significance, that guard UN programs. Raised issues of recovery, restoration, protection and professional assessment of the value of real estate, in particular, the example of the city’s Cathedral of St. Isaac’s Cathedral. The connecting node in the article raised issues and questions turned out to be the subject of a dispute with the Russian Orthodox Church on the ownership of urban real estate.

Article is devoted to consideration of philosophical views of N. V. Gogol. On the basis of the analysis of literary works of the great Russian writer his philosophical and anthropological, historiosophical, esthetic and moral and religious views in their evolution are allocated. In the philosophical views N. V. Gogol proceeded from representation that to transformation of society not changes of its external structure, but internal changes in the person conduct.

Тhe article investigates the ways of formation and development of problems of the national protojournalism XVI-XVII centuries, the emergence of such phenomena of domestic media reality, as handwritten wisdom of medieval Russia (Chronicles by A. Nikitin, N. Iskander), essay by I. S. Peresvetov, epistolography of Ivan the Terrible, the content of the first Russian proto-newspaper “Chimes”.

The analysis of the main stages of formation of P. I. Stuchka’s political and legal views as prominent representative of the Soviet jurisprudence of the first quarter of the XX century is provided in article. The biography is investigated (student’s life, political, party, editorial activity as the factors which had impact on scientific creativity). Author analyzes theoretical heritage: in an article the main issues in works of the scientist for the purpose of disclosure of depth and relevance of theoretical views for modern jurisprudence are considered.

In the article on the example of Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company the concept and specifics of displaying of logistical risks is considered; the author made an attempt to enter their specified classification by levels and logistic stages. The recommendations about improvement of management of logistical risks connected with organizational changes in a control system of the enterprise are offered.

This article provides an analysis concerning the position of downshifters in the labor market and social structure of modern Russian society. The specifics of career strategy are also being examined. «Downshifting» is understood as a phenomenon of voluntary downward vertical social mobility, characterised by voluntary long-term change of style in everyday life, which can manifest itself in the change of employment, everyday practices, social and geographical mobility. Within the concept of individualization downshifting presented as destandartised model of biography, implying the rejection of typical for a given society stages, phases of the life cycle. The results of the in-depth interviews with downshifters which were needs to better understand and analyze the «beyond» lifestyle in a consumer society. We focus on two important characteristics of the lifestyle of downshifters: labor organization and financial issues. The results reveal that downshifters is a prime example of non-standard, individualized employment and career. The results of the study allow us to describe the scenarios of the development of life of downshifters after the decision they made and the features of new forms of labor behavior.

The article discusses the types of measures of administrative legal compulsion applied by authorized bodies to the participants of relations in the sphere of securities market, their classification is given, the grounds and purpose of use, highlights the General and specific features of measures of administrative and legal coercion, traces the evolution of the legislation on administrative offences in the sphere of securities market, analyzes the Institute of insignificance of an administrative offence, examined the correlation of administrative fines value of fines established by the criminal code, for committing similar wrongful acts, the necessity of making changes in the system of administrative penalties provided for in the administrative code for administrative offenses in the sphere of securities market.

In the documentary book «Trust tested» O. P. Aksenov, party event Reorganization 1985-1991., reveals little-known facts about the socio-economic processes that took place in Leningrad-St. Petersburg during Reorganization and the subsequent reform of the organs of State security.