Удовиченко А.И.

The problem of quality and competitiveness is becoming a key one for Russian enterprises, contributing to the obvious growth of interest in strategic business issues and the problem of quality. The creation and practical use of a product quality management system depends on people, their qualifications and the ability to constantly learn, improve their knowledge and skills, on their real involvement in activities to solve the quality problem. This necessitates a strategy for effective personnel management.

The article provides a comprehensive analysis of the economic consequences of the «blockage» of the South Stream project, estimates the missed investment benefit under Russian and international standards for valuation activities; capitalization of the investment profit of the «Nord Stream» is also calculated. The goal of the scientific research is to obtain objective data calculated according with Russian and international standards of valuation activities reflecting the real lost profit of frozen gas projects for a systematic analysis of the economic and political consequences of anti-Russian sanctions for the strategic security of the EU.Indicators of lost profit, calculated by the author, provided with a system analysis of the consequences of anti-Russian sanctions for EU energy security, compiled using comparative analysis, economic and political modeling methods can be used both for the implementation of future oil and gas projects between Russia and foreign countries and for other scientific research activities.

The purpose of the article is to analyze the existing problems of regional identity on the example of European countries. Discussion: directions of development of European identity, its problems, as well as resources of integration on the basis of common cultural and social values are considered. Results: the conclusions formulated in the article can be used in the formation of regional strategies for the development of identity for the subsequent study of the phenomenon of European identity in the modern world.

In modern Russian society, there is an increased interest of ordinary citizens and representatives of the business environment to the development of domestic production stimulated by authorities in the conditions of foreign trade restrictions with Western states. The article observes socio-economic, institutional, legal complexities that exist for a long time in Russian society and impede the actualization of the import substitution policy in a full scale, and analyzes with segment approach the necessary conditions for ensuring national economic security during the period of foreign trade restrictions implemented by Western countries.