The Granger causality test is used to examine the effects of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO), the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), and the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) on global dry/wet conditions. The results show robust relationships between dry/wet conditions and the ocean states, as assessed through a multi-index (standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index and standar...

Along the history, relations between Iran and Russia always faced with great changes and transitions and always, the foundation of these relations have been on the base of political, security and military and sometimes economical affairs. Iran and its people have special identity elements like: Persian language, Shiite Islamism, nationalism, regional hegemonies, anti-foreignism and etc, that so...

The article analyzes the international and Eurasian directions of Republic Ar- menia’s foreign trade that is caused by Armenia’s membership in Economic Union since January 1, 2015. main indicators characterizing coun- try’s integration into world economy are openness economy, export import quotas. dynamics these for 2002-2022 demonstrates a rather high degree involvement Armenian economy. chara...

The article considers a general concept of reproductive rights, its primary enshrinement into international documents, and manifestation in specific laws adopted post-Soviet space (including the Russian Federation). Various approaches to legal regulation based on direct determination regime assisted technologies are shown. Some examples taken from legislation Republic Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhst...

Hyalomma marginatum ticks (449 pools, 4787 ticks in total) collected in European Russia and Dermacentor niveus ticks (100 pools, 1100 ticks in total) collected in Kazakhstan were screened by ELISA for the presence of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV). Virus antigen was found in 10.2 and 3.0 % of the pools, respectively. RT-PCR was used to recover partial sequences of the CCHFV smal...

russia and iran, one with european background and slavic racial origins with the other one being of asian descent with non-slavic racial origins, are playing their roles in building regional and international order according to their respective capacities, capabilities. geopolitical and geostrategic developments and differences in proclaimed and practical approaches have historically changed th...

Gleb Panteleev, International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska, 930 Koyukuk Dr., P.O.Box 757340, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA. ([email protected]) Max Yaremchuk, Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS, USA. Philis J. Stabeno, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration, USA. Vladimir Luchin, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Acad...

In Cacopsylla myrtilli (W. Wagner, 1947) bisexual populations, all-female populations and populations heavily biased towards females have been described. In the present paper all the available data on the distribution and population sex ratio of C. myrtilli are summarized. New data obtained by the authors are also presented. First records for Russia are described from Siberia and the southern p...